On 6/23/24, Senior Correctional Police Officer Ryan Niemiec was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated by a New York State Trooper after being found unconscious beside his vehicle, the Dept Of Corrections reported. A breathalyzer test yielded a .18% blood alcohol content. Niemiec pled guilty on 1/13/25 and received a 90-day license suspension in New York effective 2/2/25. He signed a settlement agreement for a 30-day suspension on 11/24/25.
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 6/23/24, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Ryan Niemiec was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated by a New York State Trooper. SCPO Niemiec was observed unconscious by the side of his vehicle. A breathalyzer test was administered which yielded a .18% Blood Alcohol Content. He received the following citations: Driving while intoxicated-first offense, operating a motor vehicle with.08% of 1% alcohol or more in blood-first offense and aggravated DWI: BAC .18 of 1% or more alcohol in blood-no priors and moving from lane unsafely. SCPO Niemiec pled guilty on 1/13/25 and received a suspended license within the state of New York for 90 days effective 2/2/25. SCPO Niemiec signed a settlement agreement for a 30-day suspension on 11/24/25.
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
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
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
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Ryan Niemiec, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/ryan-niemiec-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Ryan Niemiec's major discipline record?
On 6/23/24, Senior Correctional Police Officer Ryan Niemiec was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated by a New York State Trooper after being found unconscious beside his vehicle, the Dept Of Corrections reported. A breathalyzer test yielded a .18% blood alcohol content. Niemiec pled guilty on 1/13/25 and received a 90-day license suspension in New York effective 2/2/25. He signed a settlement agreement for a 30-day suspension on 11/24/25.
What is Ryan Niemiec's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Ryan Niemiec has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Ryan Niemiec's base salary on record?
Ryan Niemiec's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Ryan Niemiec has 15 years, 7 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Ryan Niemiec 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 Niemiec individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 697. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213811, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[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/. ↩