Major discipline · 2025[1]
Separated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) General Causes (6) a public employee; (12) . HRB 84-17, as amended C11- an employee; E1- Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision; D7 - Violation of administrative procedure and/or regulations involving safety and security.
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On 10/25/24, Senior Correctional Police Officer Robert Currey was charged with resisting arrest after he pushed a New Jersey State Trooper and resisted entering the back seat of the Trooper's vehicle while being placed in custody. Currey also failed to provide required follow-up documentation within the Department of Corrections time frames. The Police Training Commission suspended his law enforcement license on 4/29/25, and Currey resigned on 11/25/25.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 10/25/24, Bayside State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Robert Currey was charged with violating NJSA 2C:29-2A (3)A, Resisting Arrest. While being placed in custody, SCPO Currey pushed a New Jersey State Trooper and resisted entering the back seat of the Trooper's vehicle. Furthermore, SCPO Currey failed to provide the required follow-up documentation related to the incident within the time frames required by the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC). On 4/29/25 the New Jersey Police Training Commission suspended SCPO Currey's law enforcement license pursuant to the Police Licensure Act, NJSA 52:17B-66, et seq. SCPO Curry resigned from the NJDOC on 11/25/25.