Patrolman Christopher Siedenburg received an oral reprimand or performance notice from the Edison Township Police Department for excessive force. A mental health patient absconded from a transport ambulance into a medical facility, and Siedenburg and other officers used force to overcome the patient's passive resistance. While moving the patient back to the ambulance, Siedenburg reached around her head and neck area. The action was not proportional to the resistance being given and violated the use of force policy.
A mental health patient absconded from a transport ambulance into a medical facility. Patrolman Siedenburg and other officers used force to overcome the patient’s passive resistance , in an effort to get her back on the ambulance. While attempting to move the patient from the medical facility to the ambulance. Ptl. Siedenburg reached around her head and neck area in his effort to return the patient to the ambulance . The action was not proportional to the amount of resistance being given. Ptl. Siedenburg's action was in violation of the use of force policy.
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What is a summary of Christopher Siedenburg's major discipline record?
Patrolman Christopher Siedenburg received an oral reprimand or performance notice from the Edison Township Police Department for excessive force. A mental health patient absconded from a transport ambulance into a medical facility, and Siedenburg and other officers used force to overcome the patient's passive resistance. While moving the patient back to the ambulance, Siedenburg reached around her head and neck area. The action was not proportional to the resistance being given and violated the use of force policy.
What is Christopher Siedenburg's major discipline record at Edison Township Police Department?
Christopher Siedenburg has one major discipline record at Edison Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Christopher Siedenburg's base salary on record?
Christopher Siedenburg's reported base salary is $99,593, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Christopher Siedenburg has 8 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Edison Township Police Department, the department Christopher Siedenburg worked for?
Edison Township Police Department reported 188 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Christopher Siedenburg individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 432. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 227411, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8392. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩