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Tenica Nazario

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 10 days2024 · as reported

The Department of Corrections suspended Correctional Police Sergeant Tenica Nazario for 10 days in 2024. On April 4, 2024, Nazario was charged with simple assault, a disorderly persons offense, over a domestic violence incident that occurred while she was in NJDOC uniform and duty belt, and she was found to be the aggressor. The charges were later dismissed. Nazario signed a settlement agreement on July 3, 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Correctional Police Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

An investigation revealed that on April 4, 2024, Sgt. Nazario was charged with N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1a. Simple Assault, a disorderly persons offense for a Domestic Violence incident. while in NJDOC uniform and duty belt, Sgt. Nazario was found to be the aggressor in the incident. the charges were later dismissed. Sgt. Nazario signed a settlement agreement on this matter on July 3, 2024 .

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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.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$56,942
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
19 years, 3 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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Tenica Nazario's major discipline record?

The Department of Corrections suspended Correctional Police Sergeant Tenica Nazario for 10 days in 2024. On April 4, 2024, Nazario was charged with simple assault, a disorderly persons offense, over a domestic violence incident that occurred while she was in NJDOC uniform and duty belt, and she was found to be the aggressor. The charges were later dismissed. Nazario signed a settlement agreement on July 3, 2024.

What is Tenica Nazario's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Tenica Nazario 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 Tenica Nazario's base salary on record?

Tenica Nazario's reported base salary is $56,942, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Tenica Nazario has 19 years, 3 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Tenica Nazario 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 Tenica Nazario individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1355. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 216071, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [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/. ↩