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Michael Crawford

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Separated while IA pending2024 · as reported

Correctional Police Major Michael Crawford separated from the Department of Corrections while an internal affairs case was pending in 2024. On May 23, 2024, Crawford ordered subordinate staff to turn off their body-worn cameras while interacting with an incarcerated person who had been moved from housing in connection with a reported stabbing of another custody staff member. Crawford also allowed the person to move his property without being secured in mechanical restraints. He signed a settlement agreement on July 24, 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Separated while IA pending
Rank as reported
Correctional Police Major (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision. E2: Intentional abuse or misuse of authority or position.
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On May 23, 2024 Major Crawford ordered subordinate staff to turn off their body worn cameras while interacting with an Incarcerated Person. The Incarcerated Person was moved from their housing following the alleged stabbing of another custody staff member. Major Crawford allowed the Incarcerated Person to move his property without being secured in mechanical restraints. Major Crawford signed a settlement agreement on this matter on July 24, 2024.

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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

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$8,329.56
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$8,329.56
Final salary basis
$149,372
Retired
November 2024
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
26 years, 11 months

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 Crawford's major discipline record?

Correctional Police Major Michael Crawford separated from the Department of Corrections while an internal affairs case was pending in 2024. On May 23, 2024, Crawford ordered subordinate staff to turn off their body-worn cameras while interacting with an incarcerated person who had been moved from housing in connection with a reported stabbing of another custody staff member. Crawford also allowed the person to move his property without being secured in mechanical restraints. He signed a settlement agreement on July 24, 2024.

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

Michael Crawford has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Michael Crawford's pension on record?

Michael Crawford's reported monthly pension allowance is $8,329.56, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Crawford has 26 years, 11 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Michael Crawford 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 Crawford individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1341. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 360247 (member 44348748), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired 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/. ↩