Suspended 15 daysmost recent record, 2023 · as reported
Cook has 4 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2020 to 2023. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Chronic absenteeism; Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness; Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness; Other sufficient cause ; Failure to follow call off or call-on procedures.
Discipline timeline, 2020 to 2023
AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.
4 records, 2020 to 2023
Major discipline records reported for Michael Cook, by year
SCPO Michael Cook was suspended for 15 working days by the Dept Of Corrections for chronic or excessive absenteeism. Cook exhausted all earned sick time for calendar year 2022 and had unauthorized absences from August 13 to 26, 2022, from August 27 to September 1, 2022, and from September 4 to 9, 2022, after his FMLA entitlements were exhausted. Under a settlement, an original removal sanction was modified to a 15 working day suspension, of which zero days were served and all 15 were for record keeping only.
SCPO Michael Cook exhausted all earned sick time for calendar year 2022 and had unauthorized absences from 8/13/22 - 8/26/22, 8/27/22 - 9/1/22 amd from 9/4/22 to 9/9/22. Per Human Resources all FMLA entitlements were exhausted. Per Settlement Agreement, the original sanction of Removal was modified and the employee received a fifteen (15) working day suspension of which (0) zero days were served and all fifteen (15) days were for record keeping purposes only reduced from a removal charge.
SCPO Michael Cook exhausted all earned sick leave for calendar year 2022 and had an unauthorized leave of absence beginning December 4, 2022, according to the Dept Of Corrections. On that date, Cook notified the institution 30 minutes in advance rather than the one hour required by policy. Under a settlement agreement, an original removal was modified to a 15 working day suspension, of which zero days were served, with all 15 days for record keeping purposes only.
SCPO Michael Cook exhausted all earned sick leave for calendar year 2022 and had an unathorized leave of absence beginning on Decemeber 4, 2022. Additionally, SCPO Cook failed to follow call off procedures on December 4, 2022, when he notified the Institution thirty (30) minutes in advance of intended absence instead of giving the (1) one hour notice as specified by policy. Per Settlement Agreement, the original sanction of Removal was modified and the employee received a fifteen (15) working day suspension of which (0) zero days were served and all fifteen (15) days were for record keeping purposes only reduced from a removal charge.
SCPO Michael Cook was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2022 on a sustained charge of chronic absenteeism. The record states that Cook exhausted all sick time and accumulated unauthorized days with no FMLA entitlements.
Senior Corrections Officer Michael Cook was suspended for 15 days by the Department Of Corrections in 2020. According to the record, Cook abused sick time. The agency provided no further synopsis of the underlying conduct.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Cook's major discipline record?
Cook has 4 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2020 to 2023. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Chronic absenteeism; Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness; Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness; Other sufficient cause ; Failure to follow call off or call-on procedures.
What is Michael Cook's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Michael Cook has 4 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2022, 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Michael Cook 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 Cook individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1898. 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 1957. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2335. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[4]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2998. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[5]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1898. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1898, 1957, 2335, 2998. ↩
[6]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/. ↩