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Tamika Walker

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Sgt
Sustained charge(s): a public employee; ; , loafing, idleness, or willfull failure to devote attention to tasks which could result in danger to persons or property; Racial and/or sexual harassment, discrimination and/or retaliation; Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision
Other sanction: Training, coaching, or counseling
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

The Dept Of Corrections suspended Sgt Tamika Walker for 15 days in 2023 on charges that included conduct unbecoming, neglect of duty, and violation of the workplace discrimination policy. The record states that on May 28, 2023 Walker chest bumped a fellow Sergeant and called him a gender slur, and did not give a full account until reviewing the record. Under a settlement agreement her original 35 day suspension was modified to 15 days for record keeping purposes only, with retraining to follow.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On May 28, 2023, Sergeant Tamika Walker violated Department policy and acted in an unprofessional manner during an encounter with a fellow Sergeant by intentionally "chest bumping" him and calling him a gender slur "b***," thereby violating the Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace. Furthermore, Sgt. Walker neglected to give a full account of the incident until reviewing the record once again. As per Settlement Agreement, Sgt. Walker's original disciplinary action of a (35) thirty-five working day suspension was modified to a (15) fifteen working days suspension of which all fifteen days shall be for record keeping purposes only. Additionally, Sgt. Walker will complete retraining relevant to policies and procedures as deemed necessary by the institution or Custody Staff Training Academy.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $111,450
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 21 years, 10 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1921. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 215174, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩