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Patricia Cauley

Burlington County Corrections · 1 record · 2025

Captain Patricia Cauley was demoted and suspended for 60 days by the Burlington County Department of Corrections in 2025 on a sustained charge of discrimination that affects equal employment opportunity, including sexual harassment. An independent investigation determined that Cauley engaged in acts of sexual harassment, including discussing her sex life at work. The investigation also found that she acted in a way seen as controlling, retaliatory, demeaning, and threatening at times, and that she failed to maintain a culture of personal integrity, respect, civility, dignity, and professionalism.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

DemotedSuspended 60 days
Rank as reported
Captain (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Discrimination that affects equal employment opportunity (including sexual harrassment
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

An independent investigation determined that Captain Cauley engaged in acts of sexual harrassment including discussing her sex life at work. Furthermore she acted in a way that was seen as controlling, retailitary, demeaning, and threatening at times. Captain Cauley also failed to exhibit and maintain a culture of personal integrity, respect, civilty, dignity, and professionalism at all times

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AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

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Other officers at Burlington County Corrections

37 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 37 at the Burlington County Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$98,526
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
22 years, 9 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Patricia Cauley's major discipline record?

Captain Patricia Cauley was demoted and suspended for 60 days by the Burlington County Department of Corrections in 2025 on a sustained charge of discrimination that affects equal employment opportunity, including sexual harassment. An independent investigation determined that Cauley engaged in acts of sexual harassment, including discussing her sex life at work. The investigation also found that she acted in a way seen as controlling, retaliatory, demeaning, and threatening at times, and that she failed to maintain a culture of personal integrity, respect, civility, dignity, and professionalism.

What is Patricia Cauley's major discipline record at Burlington County Corrections?

Patricia Cauley has one major discipline record at Burlington County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Patricia Cauley's base salary on record?

Patricia Cauley's reported base salary is $98,526, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Patricia Cauley has 22 years, 9 months of reported service.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 89. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 244123, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩