Correctional Police Sergeant Shanica Martin was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On November 16, 2023, Martin was involved in a cell extraction for an incarcerated person who refused to exit a cell. In violation of policy, Martin failed to wait for an Internal Affairs investigator and instead ordered the person placed in handcuffs and forcibly removed from the cell. The sustained charge was violation of administrative procedures involving safety and security.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On November 16, 2023 Sgt. Martin was involved in a cell extraction for an Incarcerated Person who refused to exit their cell. In violation of policy, Sgt. Martin failed to wait for an Internal Affairs Investigator and proceeded to order the Incarcerated Person to be placed in handcuffs and forcibly removed from the cell.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C7: Fighting or creating a…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. A9: Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse. E1: Violations of a…
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, "Shanica Martin, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/shanica-martin-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Shanica Martin's major discipline record?
Correctional Police Sergeant Shanica Martin was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On November 16, 2023, Martin was involved in a cell extraction for an incarcerated person who refused to exit a cell. In violation of policy, Martin failed to wait for an Internal Affairs investigator and instead ordered the person placed in handcuffs and forcibly removed from the cell. The sustained charge was violation of administrative procedures involving safety and security.
What is Shanica Martin's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Shanica Martin has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Shanica Martin's base salary on record?
Shanica Martin's reported base salary is $125,972, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Shanica Martin has 19 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Shanica Martin 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 Shanica Martin individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1379. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214226, 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/. ↩