Suspended 60 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Drake has 2 sustained major discipline records from Westwood PD, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: General Responsibilities; Gerneral Responsiblities, Neglect of duty, Performance of Duty and Criticism of Offical acts or Orders.
Discipline timeline, 2022 to 2025
AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.
2 records, 2022 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Michael Drake, by year
Police Officer Michael Drake was suspended for 60 days by the Westwood Police Department in 2025 and also received a loss of time. The agency reported that between December 2024 and March 2025, Drake permitted motorists who were unlicensed, operating unregistered vehicles, and uninsured to continue driving on public roadways after motor vehicle stops. He failed to properly advise dispatch of the final dispositions of stops, resulting in inaccurate reporting records, and failed to notify motorists that they were being recorded by a body worn camera.
Performance of Duty and Criticism of Offical acts or Orders
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
During the period of December 2024 through March 2025, the officer made known his intention to neglect his duties by permitting motorists who were unlicensed, operating unregistered vehicles, and uninsured to continue driving on public roadways following motor vehicle stops. He failed to properly advise dispatch of the final dispositions of motor vehicle stops, resulting in inaccurate reporting records. He also failed to properly notify motorists that they were being recorded by a Body Worn Camera.
Officer Michael Drake was suspended for 10 days by the Westwood Police Department in 2022. The agency reported that on April 8, 2022, Drake responded to a domestic violence incident and failed to provide the victim the opportunity to seek a temporary restraining order. The sustained charge was a general responsibilities violation.
On April 8th, 2022 - Officer Drake responded to a domestic violence incident and failed to provide the victim the opportunity to seek a temporary restraining order
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
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 Drake's major discipline record?
Drake has 2 sustained major discipline records from Westwood PD, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: General Responsibilities; Gerneral Responsiblities, Neglect of duty, Performance of Duty and Criticism of Offical acts or Orders.
What is Michael Drake's major discipline record at Westwood Police Department?
Michael Drake has 2 major discipline records at Westwood Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Michael Drake's base salary on record?
Michael Drake's reported base salary is $144,929, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Drake has 15 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Westwood Police Department, the department Michael Drake worked for?
Westwood Police Department reported 32 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 Drake individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 85. 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 2061. 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 85. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 85, 2061. ↩
[4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 234892, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8195. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩