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Ronald McDowell

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 15 days2024 · as reported

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Ronald McDowell for 15 days in 2024. On November 18, 2022, McDowell was arrested by the Millville Police Department after being found engaging in prostitution, and he was charged with engaging in prostitution as a patron. While being arrested, he repeatedly asked the officers for professional courtesy, told them he was a corrections officer, and said he knew the Millville police chief. McDowell signed a settlement agreement on January 3, 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 15 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision. E2. Intentional abuse or misuse of authority or position.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On November 18. 2022, Officer McDowell was arrested by the Millville Police Department after being found engaging in prostitution. Whilst being arrested, Officer McDowell repeatedly pleaded with the officer to not arrest him due to him being a corrections officer and stated that he knew the Millville Police Chief. He repeatedly asked the officers for "professional courtesy". He was subsequently charged with the following: N.J.S.A.2C:34-1B(1). Engaging in prostitution as a patron. Officer McDowell signed a settlement agreement on this matter on January 3, 2024.

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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)
$114,697
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
23 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 Ronald McDowell's major discipline record?

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Ronald McDowell for 15 days in 2024. On November 18, 2022, McDowell was arrested by the Millville Police Department after being found engaging in prostitution, and he was charged with engaging in prostitution as a patron. While being arrested, he repeatedly asked the officers for professional courtesy, told them he was a corrections officer, and said he knew the Millville police chief. McDowell signed a settlement agreement on January 3, 2024.

What is Ronald McDowell's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Ronald McDowell 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 Ronald McDowell's base salary on record?

Ronald McDowell's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Ronald McDowell has 23 years, 9 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Ronald McDowell 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 McDowell individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1368. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 216021, 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/. ↩