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Shakyla Ellis

Salem County Correctional Facility · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 109 days2025 · as reported

The Salem County Correctional Facility suspended Officer Shakyla Ellis for 109 days in 2025. The record states Ellis was charged with indictable offenses including second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and third-degree endangering, tied to an off-duty physical altercation with another officer in which a firearm was discharged while a child was in the house. The suspension was ongoing pending the criminal charges, and the agency reported no sustained charges at that time.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 109 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
None
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Charged with Indictable Offenses:2C:12-1b(1) (2nd degree Agg Asslt), 2C:12-1b(4) (4th degree AGG Asslt w/ weapon), 2C:39-4a(1) (2nd degree poss of weapon for unlawful purpose), 2C:24-4a(2) (3rd degree Endangering abuse/ neglect of a child. Alleged physical altercation with another Officer off-duty where firearm was discharged and a child was in the house. Ongoing suspension pending outcome of criminal charges. No sustained criminal or internal charges related to incident at this time.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Christopher Griscom · Salem County Correctional Facility · 2025

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    Sustained charge(s): None

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  • Samuel Susnick · Salem County Correctional Facility · 2025

    Suspended 111 days

    Sustained charge(s): None

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  • Brian Tunis · Salem County Correctional Facility · 2024

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): 1. Performance of Duty 2. Unauthorized Abence 3. Reporting for duty 4. Absence from Duty

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  • Devon Friant · Salem County Correctional Facility · 2024

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): 1.Prohibited Activity on duty 2. Performance of Duty

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  • Carla Jefferson · Salem County Correctional Facility · 2024

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): 1. Performance of Duty

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Other officers at Salem County Correctional Facility

13 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 13 at the Salem County Correctional Facility page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Shakyla Ellis's major discipline record?

The Salem County Correctional Facility suspended Officer Shakyla Ellis for 109 days in 2025. The record states Ellis was charged with indictable offenses including second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and third-degree endangering, tied to an off-duty physical altercation with another officer in which a firearm was discharged while a child was in the house. The suspension was ongoing pending the criminal charges, and the agency reported no sustained charges at that time.

What is Shakyla Ellis's major discipline record at Salem County Correctional Facility?

Shakyla Ellis has one major discipline record at Salem County Correctional Facility in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 517. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩