Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Burlington County Corrections · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 6 days2022 · as reported
Officer Wallace Benson was suspended for 6 days by the Burlington County Department of Corrections in 2022 on a sustained charge of neglect of duty. The agency reported that Benson neglected to ensure that inmates on the close custody unit were secured in their cells after they were instructed to step in. One of the inmates hid in the rear shower area and waited to attack another inmate.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 6 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer neglected to ensure that inmates on the close custody unit were secured in their cells after they were instructed to step in. One of the inmates hid in the rear shower area and waited to attack another inmate.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Kelsey Markowitz · Burlington County Corrections · 2022
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Leonard Curtis · Burlington County Corrections · 2022
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Adrian Opher · Burlington County Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Justin Edge · Burlington County Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty/ Conduct
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Demetrius Davis · Burlington County Corrections · 2022
Suspended 109 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty/ Conduct
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
37 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, "Wallace Benson, Burlington County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/wallace-benson-burlington-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Officer Wallace Benson was suspended for 6 days by the Burlington County Department of Corrections in 2022 on a sustained charge of neglect of duty. The agency reported that Benson neglected to ensure that inmates on the close custody unit were secured in their cells after they were instructed to step in. One of the inmates hid in the rear shower area and waited to attack another inmate.
Wallace Benson has one major discipline record at Burlington County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.