Plain-language summary (this site, across all records below)
Capano has 2 sustained major discipline records from New Jersey Institute Of Technology, spanning 2022 to 2023. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Truthfullness, SOP Body Worn Camera, Core Values, Performance of Duty, Obedience to Laws Rules and Regulations and Written Directives, Reports; Core Values, Obedience to Laws, Rules and Regulations, and Written Directives, Truthfulness, All Other Conduct, Code of Ethics, Departmental charge for being in violation of 2C:20-11B(1).
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Capano was arrested by the Paramus Police Department in 2023 and charged with Shoplifting. The record states that during the administrative investigation Capano resigned from the New Jersey Institute of Technology PD, and that the department would still have served him with a 30-day suspension without pay regardless of the criminal proceedings. He separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. The sustained charges included Truthfulness and a departmental charge for violation of 2C:20-11B(1).
Departmental charge for being in violation of 2C:20-11B(1)
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Capano was arrested by Paramus PD in 2023, and charged with Shoplifting. During the course of the administrative investigation, Officer Capano resigned from employment with the NJIT Police Department. The NJIT Police Department still would have served Officer Capano with a 30-day suspension without pay, regardless of criminal proceedings.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Capano was suspended for 28 days by the New Jersey Institute of Technology PD for being inaccurate and untruthful in completing a motor vehicle crash report. The record states he reported inaccurate information to his supervisor, producing an approved NJTR1 crash report based on conflicting statements, and falsified an Employee Preliminary Accident Report by stating his overhead emergency lights were activated when he went through an intersection, which resulted in a motor vehicle crash. The sustained charges included Truthfulness and Reports.
Obedience to Laws Rules and Regulations and Written Directives
Reports
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Capano was inaccurate and untruthful in completing a motor vehicle accident / crash report. As a result, Officer Capano was suspended for 28 days. Specifically, Officer Capano reported inaccurate information to his immediate supervisor resulting in an approved NJTR1 crash report based on conflicting statements. Officer Capano filled out an Employee Preliminary Accident Report where he falsified the facts of the incident, specifically by stating he had his overhead emergency lights activated when he went through the intersection of Norfolk / Orange St, which ultimately resulted in a motor vehicle crash.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Charles Kim · New Jersey Institute Of Technology · 2023
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Sustained charge(s): Lawful Order, Neglect of Duty, Code of Ethics, Core Values, Performance of Duty, Obedience to Laws, Rules and Regulations, and Written…
What is a summary of Michael Capano's major discipline record?
Capano has 2 sustained major discipline records from New Jersey Institute Of Technology, spanning 2022 to 2023. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Truthfullness, SOP Body Worn Camera, Core Values, Performance of Duty, Obedience to Laws Rules and Regulations and Written Directives, Reports; Core Values, Obedience to Laws, Rules and Regulations, and Written Directives, Truthfulness, All Other Conduct, Code of Ethics, Departmental charge for being in violation of 2C:20-11B(1).
What is Michael Capano's major discipline record at New Jersey Institute Of Technology?
Michael Capano has 2 major discipline records at New Jersey Institute Of Technology in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Michael Capano's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Michael Capano at New Jersey Institute Of Technology.
How large is New Jersey Institute Of Technology, the department Michael Capano worked for?
New Jersey Institute Of Technology reported 40 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 Capano individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1662. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2157. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8307. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩