Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Pedro Teran

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: Senior Correctional Police Officer
Sustained charge(s): (a)(6) a Public Employee. (a) (7) (a)(12) . D6b: Loss or careless control of radios, mace or handcuffs. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and or/regulations involving safety and security.
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

On March 13, 2024, Senior Correctional Police Officer Pedro Teran mishandled and lost control of his security keys. A video review showed Teran tossing the housing keys off the officer's desk onto the floor, where they slid into the hands of an incarcerated person in the Restricted Housing Unit who opened cell sally ports. Staff retrieved the keys after force was used against the incarcerated person. Teran stated he was attempting to throw out garbage, which the video does not support, and signed a settlement agreement on May 20, 2024.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On March 13, 2024 Officer Teran was observed mishandling security keys. His actions resulted in the loss of said security keys. A video review of the unit determined Officer Teran was tossing the housing keys off of the Officer's desk and on to the floor which they then slid across the floor and into the hands of an Incarcerated Person within the Restricted Housing Unit. The Incarcerated Person then took those keys and ran up and down the unit , opening several cell sally ports. Facility staff were able to retrieve the keys after force had to be used against the Incarcerated Person. Furthermore, when asked about the incident, Officer Teran stated he was attempting to throw out garbage which video evidence does not support. Officer Teran signed a settlement agreement on this matter on May 20, 2024.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $108,742
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 13 years, 3 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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1314. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213507, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩