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Robert Merlino

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 45 days2024 · as reported

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Robert Merlino for 45 days in 2024. On July 21, 2023, Merlino was involved in a verbal and physical altercation with another officer, using his arm to push away the other officer's arm. Several staff members had to intervene to de-escalate the situation. The sustained charges included fighting or creating a disturbance on state property and conduct unbecoming an employee.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 45 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C7: Fighting or creating a disturbance on state property. C11: an employee. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On July 21, 2023, Officer Merlino was involved in a verbal and physical altercation with another officer. Specifically, the Officer engaged in an intense verbal exchange with another Officer and used his arm to push away the arm of the other Officer. Several staff members had to intervene to de-escalate the situation.

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Other officers at Department Of Corrections

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

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$92,528
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
7 years, 9 months

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 Robert Merlino's major discipline record?

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Robert Merlino for 45 days in 2024. On July 21, 2023, Merlino was involved in a verbal and physical altercation with another officer, using his arm to push away the other officer's arm. Several staff members had to intervene to de-escalate the situation. The sustained charges included fighting or creating a disturbance on state property and conduct unbecoming an employee.

What is Robert Merlino's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Robert Merlino has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Robert Merlino's base salary on record?

Robert Merlino's reported base salary is $92,528, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Robert Merlino has 7 years, 9 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Robert Merlino 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 Robert Merlino individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1363. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213791, 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 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩