Corporal Michael Hand was terminated by the New Providence Police Department in 2021. Hand was terminated for conduct unbecoming of a police officer for interfering with a witness in connection with a local disciplinary hearing. The sustained charge was intercession.
Sustained charge(s): Alcoholic Beverages and Drugs, Substance Testing, Physical and Mental Fitness for Duty, All Other Conduct, Standards of Conduct, Obedience…
Sustained charge(s): Absence from Duty, Neglect of Duty, Performance of Duty, Role Call/Line Up Work Expectation, Truthfulness, Incompetency, Inefficiency or…
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Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Hand's major discipline record?
Corporal Michael Hand was terminated by the New Providence Police Department in 2021. Hand was terminated for conduct unbecoming of a police officer for interfering with a witness in connection with a local disciplinary hearing. The sustained charge was intercession.
What is Michael Hand's major discipline record at New Providence Police Department?
Michael Hand has one major discipline record at New Providence Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Michael Hand's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Michael Hand's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2021.
How large is New Providence Police Department, the department Michael Hand worked for?
New Providence Police Department reported 27 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 Hand individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2776. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8611. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩