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.
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
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Patricia Cauley, Burlington County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/patricia-cauley-burlington-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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]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]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/. ↩