Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 30 days2022 · as reported
The Dept Of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Timothy Otero for 30 days in 2022 for violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision. According to the record, Otero was involved in an altercation with an inmate and used excessive force.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Otero was involved in altercation with inmate and used excessive force.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Adalberto Duarte · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Patrick Ferrea · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): 1. Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which would not result in danger to persons or…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Billy Fowler · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming; Violation of administrative procedure; Violation of rule/regulation
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Ronald Green · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jerry Castillo · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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, "Timothy Otero, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/timothy-otero-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
The Dept Of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Timothy Otero for 30 days in 2022 for violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision. According to the record, Otero was involved in an altercation with an inmate and used excessive force.
Timothy Otero has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. 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 Timothy Otero individually.