Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Thomas Fay, a Correctional Police Officer recruit with the Middlesex County Department of Corrections, was terminated in 2023. The agency reported that during a mandatory weapons familiarization course on the MCDOC firearms range, Fay failed to follow numerous safety directions and was removed from the range, failing the academy prerequisite performance objective. The sustained charge was incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
County Correctional Police Officer Recruit Fay was employed during his PTC required pre-academy agency training. While on the MCDOC firearms range for a mandatory weapons familiarization course, Fay failed to follow numerous safety directions, resulting in being removed from the range and failing the academy prerequisite performance objective. As result of failing the necessary block of instruction, Fay was terminated.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Thomas Fay's major discipline record?
Thomas Fay, a Correctional Police Officer recruit with the Middlesex County Department of Corrections, was terminated in 2023. The agency reported that during a mandatory weapons familiarization course on the MCDOC firearms range, Fay failed to follow numerous safety directions and was removed from the range, failing the academy prerequisite performance objective. The sustained charge was incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
What is Thomas Fay's major discipline record at Middlesex County Corrections?
Thomas Fay has one major discipline record at Middlesex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Thomas Fay's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Thomas Fay's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2023.
How does Middlesex County Corrections score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Middlesex County Corrections in the second-highest fifth of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Thomas Fay individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1781. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩