Major discipline · 2025[1]
DemotedSuspended 90 days- Rank as reported
- County Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- , failure to perform duties, a public employee, , and numerous policy violations.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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.