Senior Correctional Police Officer Stephen Wnuk called out sick and refused mandatory overtime at New Jersey State Prison on numerous dates between 2/8/25 and 8/6/25 without sufficient sick leave time to support the absences, which the Department of Corrections deemed chronic or excessive absenteeism. Wnuk signed a settlement agreement for retirement in good standing on 9/10/25.
A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 2/8/25,2/12/25, 2/14/25, 2/15/25, 2/17/25, 2/20/25, 4/19/25, 4/24/25, 5/17/25, 5/23/25, 5/31/25, 6/5/25, 6/6/25, 6/11/25, 6/17/25, 6/21/25, 6/24/25, 6/27/25, 7/12/25, 7/18/25, 7/19/25, 7/2325, 7/24/25, 7/25/25, 8/1/25, 8/2/25, 8/5/25, 8/6/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Stephen Wnuk called out sick and refused to work mandatory overtime. SCPO Wnuk did not have sufficient sick leave time to support the absences. This was deemed . SCPO Wnuk signed a settlement agreement on 9/10/25 for retirement in good standing.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (3) Inability to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): 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…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): 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…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without 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, "Stephen Wnuk, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/stephen-wnuk-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Stephen Wnuk's major discipline record?
Senior Correctional Police Officer Stephen Wnuk called out sick and refused mandatory overtime at New Jersey State Prison on numerous dates between 2/8/25 and 8/6/25 without sufficient sick leave time to support the absences, which the Department of Corrections deemed chronic or excessive absenteeism. Wnuk signed a settlement agreement for retirement in good standing on 9/10/25.
What is Stephen Wnuk's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Stephen Wnuk has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Stephen Wnuk's pension on record?
Stephen Wnuk's reported monthly pension allowance is $4,599.23, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Stephen Wnuk has 23 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Stephen Wnuk 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 Stephen Wnuk individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 770. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 372687 (member 44369206), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired 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/. ↩