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Risheem Whitten

Hudson County Prosecutor's Office · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 5 days2025 · as reported

The Hudson County Prosecutors Office suspended Detective Risheem Whitten for 5 days in 2025. The agency reported that Whitten accepted and negotiated a personal check from another employee who believed the payment would facilitate their enrollment in a training course, though Whitten was not in a position to do so. The investigation determined that Whitten was untruthful during his statement to the Office of Internal Affairs and that his conduct reflected unfavorably on the integrity of the agency. The sustained charges were unfavorable conduct and truthfulness.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 5 days
Rank as reported
Detective (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unfavorable Conduct and Truthfullness
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Detective Whitten accepted and negotiated a personal check from another employee. The employee was under the belief that Detective Whitten would use the payment to facilitate their enrollment in a training course. Detective Whitten was not in a position to facilitate getting the employee into the course. The investigation determined that Detective Whitten was untruthful during his statement to the Office of Internal Affairs and his conduct reflected unfavorably on the integrity of the agency.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Krystal Wilkins · Hudson County Prosecutor's Office · 2025

    Suspended 25 days

    Sustained charge(s): Responsibility, Falsifying Reports, Unfavorable Conduct, Neglect of Duty, Evidence Bag and Packaging, and Evidence Handling

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Julian Cuellar · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Relief, Performance of Duty, Neglect of Duty, Body Worn Camera

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Juanita Harris · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 180 days

    Sustained charge(s): Use of Positon, Confidential Information, Truthfulness

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Juanita Harris · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws and Regulations, Department and Non department vehicles, Insubordination, Written Directive System

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Bria Hill · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 60 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination, Uniform Policy, Neglect of Duty, Truthfulness

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Hudson County Prosecutor's Office

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

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$114,598
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
21 years

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 Risheem Whitten's major discipline record?

The Hudson County Prosecutors Office suspended Detective Risheem Whitten for 5 days in 2025. The agency reported that Whitten accepted and negotiated a personal check from another employee who believed the payment would facilitate their enrollment in a training course, though Whitten was not in a position to do so. The investigation determined that Whitten was untruthful during his statement to the Office of Internal Affairs and that his conduct reflected unfavorably on the integrity of the agency. The sustained charges were unfavorable conduct and truthfulness.

What is Risheem Whitten's major discipline record at Hudson County Prosecutor's Office?

Risheem Whitten has one major discipline record at Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Risheem Whitten's base salary on record?

Risheem Whitten's reported base salary is $114,598, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Risheem Whitten has 21 years of reported service.

How large is Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, the department Risheem Whitten worked for?

Hudson County Prosecutor's Office reported 107 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Risheem Whitten individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 368. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 247207, 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 8351. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩