Patrolman Manuel Santiago separated from the Edison Township Police Department while an internal affairs investigation was pending. Santiago responded to a dispute near the Inman and Grove shopping complex and approached a party who had his hands raised and stated he did not have anything. Santiago threw the male party to the ground and forced his hands behind his back. His use of force was deemed excessive and inconsistent with the use of force policy, and he resigned before the investigation concluded.
Ptl. Santiagio responded to a dispute in the area of the Inman and grove shopping complex. Upon arrival Ptl. Santiago exited his vehicle and immediately approached one of the parties in the dispute, who had his hands raised stating "I don’t have anything". Ptl. Santiago used force by throwing the male party to the ground and forcing his hands behind his back. Ptl. Santiagio's use of force was deemed to be excessive and inconsistent with the use of force policy. Ptl. Santiago resigned his position with the department prior to the conclusion of the Internal affairs investigation.
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Other officers at Edison Township Police Department
5 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Manuel Santiago's major discipline record?
Patrolman Manuel Santiago separated from the Edison Township Police Department while an internal affairs investigation was pending. Santiago responded to a dispute near the Inman and Grove shopping complex and approached a party who had his hands raised and stated he did not have anything. Santiago threw the male party to the ground and forced his hands behind his back. His use of force was deemed excessive and inconsistent with the use of force policy, and he resigned before the investigation concluded.
What is Manuel Santiago's major discipline record at Edison Township Police Department?
Manuel Santiago 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.
How large is Edison Township Police Department, the department Manuel Santiago 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 Manuel Santiago individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 431. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩