Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 15 days2023 · as reported
SCPO Sue Velez was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2023 for unsatisfactory attendance. The record states Velez called off sick with no sick time to cover the absence, which was not covered by FMLA or FLA, and lists it as her 4th attendance infraction in a 2 year period.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 15 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Called off sick with no sick time to cover. Absence not covered by FMLA/FLA. 4th attendance infraction in 2 year period
Jerome Cochran · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Cook · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jonathan Howard · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jerome Cochran · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Brian Mikus · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Violation of a rule. Regulation, policy or procedure
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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SCPO Sue Velez was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2023 for unsatisfactory attendance. The record states Velez called off sick with no sick time to cover the absence, which was not covered by FMLA or FLA, and lists it as her 4th attendance infraction in a 2 year period.
Sue Velez has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
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 Sue Velez individually.