On July 13 and 18, 2025, New Jersey State Prison Senior Correctional Police Officer Walter Velasco called out sick without sufficient sick leave time to support the absences, which the Department of Corrections deemed chronic or excessive absenteeism. Velasco was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 10-day suspension.
On 7/13/25 and 7/18/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Walter Velasco called out sick. SCPO Velasco did not have sufficient sick leave time to support that absence. This was deemed . SCPO Velasco was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 10-day suspension.
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Walter Velasco, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/walter-velasco-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Walter Velasco's major discipline record?
On July 13 and 18, 2025, New Jersey State Prison Senior Correctional Police Officer Walter Velasco called out sick without sufficient sick leave time to support the absences, which the Department of Corrections deemed chronic or excessive absenteeism. Velasco was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 10-day suspension.
What is Walter Velasco's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Walter Velasco has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Walter Velasco's base salary on record?
Walter Velasco's reported base salary is $72,065, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Walter Velasco has 2 years, 1 month of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Walter Velasco 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 Walter Velasco individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 749. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213955, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[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/. ↩