Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Does Risheem Whitten's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Risheem Whitten at Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.
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.
How does Hudson County Prosecutor's Office score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in the second-lowest 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 Risheem Whitten individually.
Sources
[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]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]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/. ↩