Sergeant Michael Boone was the subject of an Asbury Park Police Department internal affairs investigation into sexual harassment in the workplace in 2025. Investigators found that Boone made inappropriate sexual comments toward a coworker and chased the coworker through a hallway at headquarters. Boone pleaded guilty to Conduct Toward Other Department Employees and agreed to a demotion to the rank of patrol officer effective November 1, 2025.
Sgt. Boone was the subject of an internal affairs investigation related to Sexual Harassment / Harassment in the workplace. This investigation resulted in the finding that he violated Asbury Park Police Department rules and regulations by: making inappropriate sexual comments towards a coworker and chasing the co-worker through the hallway while at headquarters. Sgt. Boone pleaded guilty to Conduct Toward Other Department Employees and agreed to a demotion to the rank of Patrol Officer effective November 1, 2025.
Sustained charge(s): Untruthfulness, Computer & Network Use violation, Pursuing personal relationships, Conduct unbecoming of a Sheriff's Officer, NJAC…
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The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Boone, Asbury Park Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-boone-asbury-park-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Boone's major discipline record?
Sergeant Michael Boone was the subject of an Asbury Park Police Department internal affairs investigation into sexual harassment in the workplace in 2025. Investigators found that Boone made inappropriate sexual comments toward a coworker and chased the coworker through a hallway at headquarters. Boone pleaded guilty to Conduct Toward Other Department Employees and agreed to a demotion to the rank of patrol officer effective November 1, 2025.
What is Michael Boone's major discipline record at Asbury Park Police Department?
Michael Boone has one major discipline record at Asbury Park Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Michael Boone's base salary on record?
Michael Boone's reported base salary is $60,895, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Boone has 19 years, 10 months of reported service.
How large is Asbury Park Police Department, the department Michael Boone worked for?
Asbury Park Police Department reported 87 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Michael Boone individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 458. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 229303, 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 8419. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩