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Michael Foley

Rutherford Police Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 5 days2024 · as reported

Rutherford PD reported that three minor suspensions imposed on Patrolman Foley within a 12-month period together amounted to major discipline. The three charges were abuse of sick time and two separate at-fault motor vehicle crashes. Foley received a 5 day suspension.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 5 days
Rank as reported
Patrolman (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Malingering / Other Rule Violation
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Three minor suspensions were imposed in a 12-month period equaling major discipline. The three charges were abuse of sick time, and 2 separate at fault motor vehicle crashes.

Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.

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Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$8,636.30
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$8,636.30
Final salary basis
$159,032
Retired
September 2025
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
25 years, 2 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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Cite this page

Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Foley, Rutherford Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-foley-rutherford-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

Questions and answers

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

Rutherford PD reported that three minor suspensions imposed on Patrolman Foley within a 12-month period together amounted to major discipline. The three charges were abuse of sick time and two separate at-fault motor vehicle crashes. Foley received a 5 day suspension.

What is Michael Foley's major discipline record at Rutherford Police Department?

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

What is Michael Foley's pension on record?

Michael Foley's reported monthly pension allowance is $8,636.30, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Foley has 25 years, 2 months of reported service.

How large is Rutherford Police Department, the department Michael Foley worked for?

Rutherford 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 Foley individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 888. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 369049 (member 44363283), 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 8185. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩