The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Philip Pruden for 45 days in 2022. According to the record, Pruden failed to conduct mandatory security checks, as documented in the unit logbook. Sustained charges included neglect of duty which could result in danger to persons or property, conduct unbecoming a public employee, and violations of safety and security regulations and department rules.
Sustained charge(s): 1. Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which would not result in danger to persons or…
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Police Transparency NJ, "Philip Pruden, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/philip-pruden-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Philip Pruden's major discipline record?
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Philip Pruden for 45 days in 2022. According to the record, Pruden failed to conduct mandatory security checks, as documented in the unit logbook. Sustained charges included neglect of duty which could result in danger to persons or property, conduct unbecoming a public employee, and violations of safety and security regulations and department rules.
What is Philip Pruden's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Philip Pruden has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Philip Pruden's base salary on record?
Philip Pruden's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Philip Pruden has 26 years of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Philip Pruden 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 Philip Pruden individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2369. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214466, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[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/. ↩