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Michael Christen

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2022

Suspended 20 days2022 · as reported

Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Christen was suspended for 20 days in 2022. The Department of Corrections reported that Christen failed to conduct mandatory security checks, as documented in the unit logbook. Sustained charges included neglect of duty which could result in danger to persons or property, conduct unbecoming a public employee, and violations of safety and security procedures and department rules.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 20 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • which could result in danger to persons or property
  • a public employee
  • violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security
  • violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure order or administrative decision
  • .
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Suspended for 10 days due to failure to conduct mandatory security checks; as documented in the unit logbook.

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AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

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  • Peter Korczak · Department Of Corrections · 2022

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    Sustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.

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  • Paul Jankin · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 10 days

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  • Michael Horton · Department Of Corrections · 2022

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Other officers at Department Of Corrections

433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$108,742
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
13 years

How to read this

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 (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Michael Christen's major discipline record?

Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Christen was suspended for 20 days in 2022. The Department of Corrections reported that Christen failed to conduct mandatory security checks, as documented in the unit logbook. Sustained charges included neglect of duty which could result in danger to persons or property, conduct unbecoming a public employee, and violations of safety and security procedures and department rules.

What is Michael Christen's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Michael Christen has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Michael Christen's base salary on record?

Michael Christen's reported base salary is $108,742, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Christen has 13 years of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Michael Christen worked for?

Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 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 Christen individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2367. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214312, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩