Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 109 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- None
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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.