Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
South Orange Police Department · 1 record · 2021
DemotedSuspended 60 days2021 · as reported
The South Orange Police Department demoted Sergeant Cucciniello and suspended him for 60 days in 2021 on a sustained charge of incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties. The demotion and suspension both applied. The record states that Cucciniello was demoted for failing to promptly prepare a police report related to an incident.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
DemotedSuspended 60 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Cucciniello was demoted for failing to promptly prepare a police report related to a serious incident.
Darrell Terry · South Orange Police Department · 2021
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
same agency · same year
Joyce Lee · Absecon City Police Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
Christine Caldwell · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021
DemotedSuspended 30 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Curtis Shaffer Ii · Cumberland County Sheriff's Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): Abuse of Authority
same year · similar sanction outcome
James Lawson · Department Of Corrections · 2021
DemotedSuspended 90 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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The South Orange Police Department demoted Sergeant Cucciniello and suspended him for 60 days in 2021 on a sustained charge of incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties. The demotion and suspension both applied. The record states that Cucciniello was demoted for failing to promptly prepare a police report related to an incident.
Michael Cucciniello has one major discipline record at South Orange Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
South Orange Police Department reported 44 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 Cucciniello individually.