Sergeant Cheff was convicted at a federal trial of conspiracy to deprive a person of civil rights and falsification of records. According to the record, the conviction was related to the theft of money during a search and the approval of a police report that contained false statements about the incident. The Paterson Police Department terminated Cheff.
Sergeant Cheff was convicted at federal trial of conspiracy to deprive person of civil rights as well as falsification of records. This was related to an incident in which Sergeant Cheff was convicted for theft of money during a search and approving a police report which contained false statements relating to the incident.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Cheff's major discipline record?
Sergeant Cheff was convicted at a federal trial of conspiracy to deprive a person of civil rights and falsification of records. According to the record, the conviction was related to the theft of money during a search and the approval of a police report that contained false statements about the incident. The Paterson Police Department terminated Cheff.
What is Michael Cheff's major discipline record at Paterson Police Department?
Michael Cheff has one major discipline record at Paterson Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Michael Cheff's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Michael Cheff's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2022.
How large is Paterson Police Department, the department Michael Cheff worked for?
Paterson Police Department reported 412 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 Cheff individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2287. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8546. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩