Evans has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a termination. Sustained charges across the records include: C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. D4: improper or unauthorized contact with inmate - undue familiarity with inmates, parolees, their families or friends. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision; N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 3. Inability to perform duties N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
The Department of Corrections terminated Senior Correctional Police Officer Tony Evans in 2024 after the Police Training Commission revoked his license and deemed him unfit for employment as a correctional officer. On 11/1/2011, Evans was charged with official misconduct for conspiring to smuggle contraband, including cellular phones and tobacco, into the facility and with conspiring to receive monetary payment for doing so. On 1/4/2022, he pled guilty to third-degree official misconduct, was sentenced to three years of probation, and was banned from public employment.
C11: an employee. D4: improper or unauthorized contact with inmate - undue familiarity with inmates
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their families or friends. E1: Violations of a rule
regulation
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order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 1/4/2022, the Officer pled guilty to a violation of 2C:30-2A Official Misconduct (third degree) and was sentenced to probation for a period of three (3) years. The Officer was banned from public employment. The Police Training Commission has revoked Officer Evans' license rendering him unfit for employment with the NJDOC as a Correctional Officer. His inability to hold a valid license violated pertinent NJDOC rules and regulations. Specifically, on 11/1/2011, the Officer was charged with a violation of NJSA 2C: 30-2(a), Official Misconduct, for conspiring with others to smuggle contraband (cellular phones, tobacco, etc.) into the facility and using his official position to do so in violation of NJSA 2C:29-10(d). The Officer was also charged with a violation of NJSA 2C:27-7(c), conspiring to receive monetary payment for smuggling these items into the facility. On 1/4/2022, the Officer pled guilty to a violation of 2C:30-2A Official Misconduct (third degree) and was sentenced to probation for a period of three (3) years. The Officer was banned from public employment.
This record covers a second termination action against Senior Correctional Police Officer Tony Evans in 2024, tied to the same criminal case. The Police Training Commission revoked Evans's license and deemed him unfit for employment as a correctional officer. On 1/4/2022, Evans pled guilty to third-degree official misconduct stemming from an 11/1/2011 charge for conspiring to smuggle contraband into the facility, was sentenced to three years of probation, and was banned from public employment.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 3. 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
On 1/4/2022, the Officer pled guilty to a violation of 2C:30-2A Official Misconduct (third degree) and was sentenced to probation for a period of three (3) years. The Officer was banned from public employment. The Police Training Commission has revoked Officer Evans' license rendering him unfit for employment with the NJDOC as a Correctional Officer. His inability to hold a valid license violated pertinent NJDOC rules and regulations. Specifically, on 11/1/2011, the Officer was charged with a violation of NJSA 2C: 30-2(a), Official Misconduct, for conspiring with others to smuggle contraband (cellular phones, tobacco, etc.) into the facility and using his official position to do so in violation of NJSA 2C:29-10(d). The Officer was also charged with a violation of NJSA 2C:27-7(c), conspiring to receive monetary payment for smuggling these items into the facility. On 1/4/2022, the Officer pled guilty to a violation of 2C:30-2A Official Misconduct (third degree) and was sentenced to probation for a period of three (3) years. The Officer was banned from public employment.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Tony Evans's major discipline record?
Evans has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a termination. Sustained charges across the records include: C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. D4: improper or unauthorized contact with inmate - undue familiarity with inmates, parolees, their families or friends. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision; N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 3. Inability to perform duties N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
What is Tony Evans's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Tony Evans has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Tony Evans's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Tony Evans's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Tony Evans 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 Tony Evans individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1295. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1296. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[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/. ↩