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William Beckenstein

Monmouth County Corrections · 1 record · 2025

DemotedSuspended 90 days2025 · as reported

County Correctional Police Officer William Beckenstein received a 90 day suspension and a demotion from Senior Investigator to County Correctional Police Officer on 4/30/2025, the Monmouth County Department of Corrections reported. An internal affairs investigation sustained that Beckenstein failed to provide all evidence to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office for multiple criminal cases, causing the cases to be merged and the defendant offered 8 months time served instead of 3-5 years for each of the 8 cases. Sustained charges included incompetency, neglect of duty, and conduct unbecoming a public employee.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

DemotedSuspended 90 days
Rank as reported
County Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • failure to perform duties
  • a public employee
  • and numerous policy violations.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 4/30/2025, CPO Beckenstein received a 90 day suspension and demotion from Senior Investigator to a County Correctional Police Officer, after an internal affairs investigation sustained that he failed to provide all the evidence to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, for multiple criminal cases regarding the destruction of county property and several assaults on staff, causing the cases to be merged and the defendant being offered 8 months time served instead of the 3-5 years imprisonment for each of the 8 separate cases.

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  • Jonathan Colon · Jersey City Police Department · 2024

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    Sustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws,Regulations and Orders,failure to Perform Duties,Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee,Neglect of Duty.

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Other officers at Monmouth County Corrections

35 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 35 at the Monmouth County Corrections page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of William Beckenstein's major discipline record?

County Correctional Police Officer William Beckenstein received a 90 day suspension and a demotion from Senior Investigator to County Correctional Police Officer on 4/30/2025, the Monmouth County Department of Corrections reported. An internal affairs investigation sustained that Beckenstein failed to provide all evidence to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office for multiple criminal cases, causing the cases to be merged and the defendant offered 8 months time served instead of 3-5 years for each of the 8 cases. Sustained charges included incompetency, neglect of duty, and conduct unbecoming a public employee.

What is William Beckenstein's major discipline record at Monmouth County Corrections?

William Beckenstein has one major discipline record at Monmouth County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 469. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩