Major discipline · 2025[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) (1) , or failure to perform duties.(12). Cumberland County Department of Corrections Policy 3.02 also know as 84-17 III. Personal Conduct (T). Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Robert Dawkins was terminated by the Cumberland County Department of Corrections. On October 9, 2024, during Dawkins' tour of duty, one inmate threw liquid at another inmate in his presence, and video surveillance captured Dawkins shaking another inmate's hand. He failed to log the event, notify a supervisor and inform his relieving officer, and did not write a report until instructed by his shift commander. He was terminated on May 1, 2025.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On October 9,2024 during Officer Dawkins tour of duty an incident took place were one inmate threw liquid at another inmate in his presence. At the end of the incident video surveillance captured Officer Dawkins shaking another inmates hand. Officer Dawkins failed to log the event, notify a supervisor and inform his relieving officer of the incident. He also did not write a report until instructed by his shift commander. On May 1, 2025 he was terminated.