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Timothy Otero

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 records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 30 days
Rank as reported
Sr. Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • 1. Violation of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Otero was involved in altercation with inmate and used excessive force.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Adalberto Duarte · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Patrick Ferrea · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained 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

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  • Billy Fowler · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming; Violation of administrative procedure; Violation of rule/regulation

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  • Ronald Green · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance

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  • Jerry Castillo · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance

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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)
$114,697
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
18 years, 1 month

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 Timothy Otero's major discipline record?

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.

What is Timothy Otero's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

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.

What is Timothy Otero's base salary on record?

Timothy Otero's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Timothy Otero has 18 years, 1 month of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Timothy Otero 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 Timothy Otero individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2344. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 215501, 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/.