Suspended 15 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Cruz has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: 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; 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 A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
On 7/1/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Sebastian Cruz refused to complete his mandatory overtime assignment at New Jersey State Prison by calling out sick without a sufficient leave balance. Having violated his Last Chance settlement agreement, Cruz signed a settlement agreement on 9/8/25 for a resignation in good standing while a disciplinary matter was pending.
On 7/1/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Sebastian Cruz refused to complete his mandatory overtime assignment by calling out sick without a sufficient leave balance. SCPO Cruz violated his Last Chance settlement agreement and on 9/8/25, he signed a settlement agreement for a resign in good standing.
On 12/15/24, 12/31/24, and 1/8/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Sebastian Cruz signed out and did not complete his mandated eight-hour overtime shift at New Jersey State Prison. Cruz signed a Last Chance settlement agreement on 4/16/25 for a 15-day suspension from the Department of Corrections.
A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule
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Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 12/15/24, 12/31/24, and 1/8/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Sebastian Cruz signed out and did not complete his mandated eight-hour overtime shift. SCPO Cruz signed a Last Chance settlement agreement on 4/16/25 for a 15-day suspension.
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433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists 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. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Sebastian Cruz's major discipline record?
Cruz has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: 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; 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 A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
What is Sebastian Cruz's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Sebastian Cruz has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Sebastian Cruz 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 Sebastian Cruz individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 594. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 595. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[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/. ↩