Major discipline · 2025[1]
DemotedSuspended 60 days- Rank as reported
- Captain
- Sustained charge(s)
- Discrimination that affects equal employment opportunity (including sexual harrassment
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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