Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 8 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Separated while IA pending
- not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer William Turner received an eight-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2022 on a sustained charge of conduct unbecoming. The record states that on September 23, 2021, a lieutenant conducting a daily inspection of the Intake area found a cell phone underneath the telephone console at the officers' workstation, and Turner admitted it was his. He was charged on October 4, 2021 and received the suspension on January 7, 2022.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On September 23, 2021, A Lieutenant reported while conducting her daily inspection of the Intake area of the jail she found a cell phone underneath the telephone console at the officers work station. When she asked who's cell phone it was Officer Turner admitted that it was his phone. On October 4, 2021 Officer Turner was charged with 4a violation and departmental charge rules and regulations telephones/electronic communication system. On January 7, 2022 Officer Turner received an 8 day suspension.