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Samantha Chirichello

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2020

TerminatedSuspended 0 days2020 · as reported

The Department Of Corrections terminated Senior Corrections Officer Samantha Chirichello in 2020. The record describes the conduct as insensitive and distasteful social media posts. A suspension was also recorded, with zero days listed. Chirichello was not demoted, and no other sanction was reported.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2020[1]

TerminatedSuspended 0 days
Rank as reported
Senior Corrections Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Insensitive and distasteful social media posts

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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.

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Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Samantha Chirichello's major discipline record?

The Department Of Corrections terminated Senior Corrections Officer Samantha Chirichello in 2020. The record describes the conduct as insensitive and distasteful social media posts. A suspension was also recorded, with zero days listed. Chirichello was not demoted, and no other sanction was reported.

What is Samantha Chirichello's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Samantha Chirichello 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 Samantha Chirichello's record show a termination?

Yes. At least one of Samantha Chirichello's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2020.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Samantha Chirichello 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 Samantha Chirichello individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2956. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [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/.