Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Christopher Siedenburg

Edison Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Other sanction

Rank as reported: Patroman
Sustained charge(s): Excessive Force
Other sanction: Oral reprimand or performance notice
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $99,593
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 8 years, 3 months

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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/. ↩