On 2/9/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Raquel Dewitt was unaccounted for one hour while on duty at Northern State Prison. An investigation determined that Dewitt exited the secure perimeter without a supervisor's permission, and she admitted to being in her personal vehicle. Dewitt signed a settlement agreement for a 10 working-day suspension on 5/1/25.
(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
as amended C9 - : Intentional disobedience or refusal to accept order
assaulting or resisting authority
disrespect or use of insulting or abusive language to a supervisor C11 - an employee D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security E1 - Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 2/9/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Raquel Dewitt was unaccounted for one hour while on duty at Northern State Prison. An investigation determined that SCPO Dewitt exited the secure perimeter without permission from a supervisor. SCPO Dewitt admitted to being in her personal vehicle. SCPO Dewitt signed a settlement agreement for a 10 working-day suspension on 5/1/25.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Raquel Dewitt's major discipline record?
On 2/9/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Raquel Dewitt was unaccounted for one hour while on duty at Northern State Prison. An investigation determined that Dewitt exited the secure perimeter without a supervisor's permission, and she admitted to being in her personal vehicle. Dewitt signed a settlement agreement for a 10 working-day suspension on 5/1/25.
What is Raquel Dewitt's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Raquel Dewitt has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Raquel Dewitt 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 Raquel Dewitt individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 600. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩