Senior Corrections Officer Ronald Gagum was terminated by the Department Of Corrections in 2020. A Special Investigation Division investigation, case 2020-06-12-001-NSP, found that while assigned as the Minimum Unit relief officer within the secured perimeter of Northern State Prison, Gagum possessed and used his personal cell phone multiple times during his shifts. He told investigators he used the phone to make calls, text, and use FaceTime. The record noted this introduced contraband within the secured perimeter in violation of administrative procedures involving safety and security.
An investigation by the Special Investigation Division (SID), case 2020-06-12-001-NSP disclosed that while assigned as the Minimum Unit (MIN2) relief officer within the secured perimeter of Northern State Prison the officer were in possession, and used the officer r personal cell phone multiple times during the officer r scheduled shifts. During the officer r interview with SID investigators, the officer stated the officer used the phone while working on the unit to make calls, text, and use facetime. The officers possession of the electronic communication device while on duty, and the introduction of contraband within the secured perimeter was a violation of administrative procedures, involving safety and security.
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What is a summary of Ronald Gagum's major discipline record?
Senior Corrections Officer Ronald Gagum was terminated by the Department Of Corrections in 2020. A Special Investigation Division investigation, case 2020-06-12-001-NSP, found that while assigned as the Minimum Unit relief officer within the secured perimeter of Northern State Prison, Gagum possessed and used his personal cell phone multiple times during his shifts. He told investigators he used the phone to make calls, text, and use FaceTime. The record noted this introduced contraband within the secured perimeter in violation of administrative procedures involving safety and security.
What is Ronald Gagum's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Ronald Gagum has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Ronald Gagum's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Ronald Gagum's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2020.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Ronald Gagum 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 Ronald Gagum individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2993. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩