Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Peguy Celissaint, a Correctional Police Officer recruit with the Middlesex County Department of Corrections, was terminated in 2025 after being removed from the Hudson County Police Academy. The agency reported that Celissaint failed to meet the minimum firearms proficiency standards set by the Police Training Commission and did not receive the certification required under his preemployment conditions. The sustained charge was incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
, , or failure to perform duties / Failed to obtain PTC certification as required by statute.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
CPO Recruit Celissaint was terminated due to as he was removed from the Hudson County Police Academy after failing to meet the minimum requirements of the firearms proficiency standards set forth by the Police Training Commission and did not receive the certification required per his preemployment conditions.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
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Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, Standard of Conduct, Obedience to Laws & Regulations, Unauthorized Use of Off-Duty Firearms, Off-duty…
Sustained charge(s): Incompetency, Inefficiency, or failure to perform duties / Failed to obtain PTC certification as required by statute.
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Peguy Celissaint's major discipline record?
Peguy Celissaint, a Correctional Police Officer recruit with the Middlesex County Department of Corrections, was terminated in 2025 after being removed from the Hudson County Police Academy. The agency reported that Celissaint failed to meet the minimum firearms proficiency standards set by the Police Training Commission and did not receive the certification required under his preemployment conditions. The sustained charge was incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
What is Peguy Celissaint's major discipline record at Middlesex County Corrections?
Peguy Celissaint has one major discipline record at Middlesex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Peguy Celissaint's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Peguy Celissaint's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How does Middlesex County Corrections score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Middlesex County Corrections in the second-highest fifth of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Peguy Celissaint individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 434. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩