Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Burlington County Corrections · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 15 days2021 · as reported
The Burlington County Department of Corrections suspended Corrections Officer Wendell James Jr for 15 days in 2021. The agency reported that the suspension was for abuse of sick time resolved through a plea agreement, and it did not provide a specific sustained charge category.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 15 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Abuse of sick time (Plea agreement)
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Rodney McMillian · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
My'Asia Leonard · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Wells · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Lewis · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
William Nunn · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 10 dayssame agency · same year · 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, "Wendell James Jr, Burlington County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/wendell-james-jr-burlington-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
The Burlington County Department of Corrections suspended Corrections Officer Wendell James Jr for 15 days in 2021. The agency reported that the suspension was for abuse of sick time resolved through a plea agreement, and it did not provide a specific sustained charge category.
Wendell James Jr has one major discipline record at Burlington County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.