Nicholas Zatkos, CSC Docket No. 2025-1171
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of May 20, 2026, CSC Docket No. 2025-1171: discipline, penalty upheld. Nicholas Zatkos, a Senior Correctional Police Officer, Youth Justice Commission, with the New Jersey Training School, Youth Justice Commission, appeals his 90 working day suspension, effective
Commission decisions · Meeting of May 20, 2026
Nicholas Zatkos, a Senior Correctional Police Officer, Youth Justice Commission, with the New Jersey Training School, Youth Justice Commission, appeals his 90 working day suspension, effective November 30, 2024, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause, specifically, violations of departmental rules and regulations.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- May 20, 2026, item A-6
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the 90 working day suspension.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 90 working day suspension
- Title
- SENIOR CORRECTIONAL POLICE OFFICER, YOUTH JUSTICE COMMISSION
- Chair at the time
- Mary Cruz, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's PDF
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Nicholas Zatkos, a Senior Correctional Police Officer, Youth Justice Commission, with the New Jersey Training School, Youth Justice Commission,! of his 90 working day suspension, effective November 30, 2024, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Susana E. Guerrero (ALJ), who rendered her initial decision on April 24, 2026. No exceptions were filed.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the attached ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission (Commission), at its meeting on May 20, 2026, adopted the ALJ’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and her recommendation to uphold the 90 working day suspension.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in suspending the appellant was justified. The Commission, therefore, affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Nicholas Zatkos.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
1 The Juvenile Justice Commission was renamed the Youth Justice Commission.
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