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Ryan Kostival

Department Of Corrections · 2 records · 2024, 2025

Suspended 10 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Kostival has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision N.J.S.A.2C: 39:4-50. Operating under the influence of Liquor or Drugs; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.

Discipline timeline, 2024 to 2025

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2024 to 2025

Major discipline records reported for Ryan Kostival, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20241Suspension
20251Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

On 5/18/2025, Senior Correctional Police Officer Ryan Kostival called out sick at New Jersey State Prison without enough sick leave to cover the absence, the Dept Of Corrections reported. The absence was deemed chronic or excessive absenteeism. Kostival was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 10-day suspension on 8/29/2025.

Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (a) General Causes (12) HRB 84-17
  • as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance
  • E1 - Violation of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 5/18/2025, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Ryan Kostival called out sick. SCPO Kostival did not have sufficient sick leave time to support that absence. This was deemed . A Final Notice of Disciplinary Action was issued to SCPO Kostival for a 10-day suspension on 8/29/2025.

Major discipline · 2024[2]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Senior Correctional Police Officer Ryan Kostival was suspended for 10 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On February 18, 2024, Kostival was arrested by Hillsborough Township police for operating under the influence of liquor or drugs and refused a field sobriety test. On August 12, 2024, Kostival was found guilty of his second offense of driving while intoxicated. His license was revoked for a year, and he was ordered to perform 30 days of community service, pay fines, and use an ignition interlock device.

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. . C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision N.J.S.A.2C: 39:4-50. Operating under the influence of Liquor or Drugs
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On February 18, 2024, the Officer was arrested by Hillsborough Township NJ Police for NJSA 39:43-50- Operating Under the Influence of Liquor or Drugs, 39:3-29(b) Failure to Possess a Driver Registration, 39:8-1 Failure to have Inspection, 39:4-97 Careless Driving, 39:4-88 Traffic on Marked Lanes. The Officer further refused a field sobriety test. On August 12, 2024 Officer Kostival was found guilty of his 2nd offense of driving while intoxicated. Officer Kostival's Driver's License was revoked for a year and he was ordered to perform 30 days of community service, pay monetary fines and have an ignition interlock device.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Michael Anello · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Dominick Aneses · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

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[4]

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Base salary (pension basis)
$84,750
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
4 years

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 Ryan Kostival's major discipline record?

Kostival has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision N.J.S.A.2C: 39:4-50. Operating under the influence of Liquor or Drugs; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.

What is Ryan Kostival's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Ryan Kostival has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Ryan Kostival's base salary on record?

Ryan Kostival's reported base salary is $84,750, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Ryan Kostival has 4 years of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Ryan Kostival 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 Ryan Kostival individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 658. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1392. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 658. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 658, 1392.
  4. [4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213750, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  5. [5]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/.