Officer Michael Centanni was suspended for 30 days by the Newark Police Department in 2022 for police image, conduct, and criminal law. Centanni interfered with a security officer performing his duties by pushing the security guard. Centanni was cited for simple assault and disorderly conduct, and those charges were dismissed.
Officer Centanni was suspended for 30 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; police image, conduct, and criminal law. Officer Centanni interfered with a Security Officer in the performance of his duties, specifically by pushing the security guard. Officer Centanni was cited for simple assault and disorderly conduct, the charges were dismissed.
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What is a summary of Michael Centanni's major discipline record?
Officer Michael Centanni was suspended for 30 days by the Newark Police Department in 2022 for police image, conduct, and criminal law. Centanni interfered with a security officer performing his duties by pushing the security guard. Centanni was cited for simple assault and disorderly conduct, and those charges were dismissed.
What is Michael Centanni's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Michael Centanni has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Michael Centanni's base salary on record?
Michael Centanni's reported base salary is $125,867, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Centanni has 8 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Michael Centanni worked for?
Newark Police Department reported 1,119 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 Centanni individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2177. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218130, 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 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩