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Pedro Teran

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 10 days2024 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
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

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.

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Other officers at Department Of Corrections

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

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Pedro Teran's major discipline record?

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.

What is Pedro Teran's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Pedro Teran has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Pedro Teran's base salary on record?

Pedro Teran's reported base salary is $108,742, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Pedro Teran has 13 years, 3 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Pedro Teran worked for?

Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Pedro Teran individually.

Sources

  1. [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. [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/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩