Patrolman Michael Grace was the subject of a sustained finding for departmental rule violations at the Maple Shade Police Department, in an investigation completed in 2025. In November 2024, Grace was reported to have pointed his department-issued conducted energy device at other township employees. The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office reviewed the incident and found insufficient cause for criminal charges. Grace resigned during the internal affairs investigation, which was completed despite his resignation. The department reported he separated while the matter was pending.
In November of 2024, Ptl. Michael Grace was accused of pointing his department issued Conducted Energy Device (CED) at other Maple Shade Township employees. The Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office conducted an independent review of the incident and determined there was not sufficient cause to pursue criminal charges. During the Maple Shade Police Internal Affairs investigation of the incident, Ptl. Michael Grace resigned from his position with the department. The investigation was completed despite the resignation which resulted in a sustained finding for departmental rule violations. This incident occurred in 2024, but the investigation was not competed until 2025.
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Other officers at Maple Shade Police Department
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Grace's major discipline record?
Patrolman Michael Grace was the subject of a sustained finding for departmental rule violations at the Maple Shade Police Department, in an investigation completed in 2025. In November 2024, Grace was reported to have pointed his department-issued conducted energy device at other township employees. The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office reviewed the incident and found insufficient cause for criminal charges. Grace resigned during the internal affairs investigation, which was completed despite his resignation. The department reported he separated while the matter was pending.
What is Michael Grace's major discipline record at Maple Shade Police Department?
Michael Grace has one major discipline record at Maple Shade Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Maple Shade Police Department, the department Michael Grace worked for?
Maple Shade Police Department reported 39 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 Grace individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 98. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8217. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩