Suspended 439 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Hicks has 2 sustained major discipline records from New Jersey State Police, spanning 2021 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Criminal Restraint; Domestic Violence - Assault, Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers, Failure to Notify the Division of Information to Which the Division Would Take Cognizance, Use of Position to Intimidate or Gain Favor, Intentional False Statements.
Discipline timeline, 2021 to 2025
AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.
2 records, 2021 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Michael Hicks, by year
Trooper Michael Hicks admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. According to the record, Hicks acted unprofessionally with local law enforcement during a crash investigation in which he was involved and later assaulted another individual, causing visible signs of injury. He also provided a statement that contradicted video evidence. He received a 439 day suspension and resigned from employment in 2025.
Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers
Failure to Notify the Division of Information to Which the Division Would Take Cognizance
Use of Position to Intimidate or Gain Favor
Intentional False Statements
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division while off duty. The member acted unprofessionally with local law enforcement during a crash investigation in which the member was involved and later assaulted another individual causing visible signs of injury. The member also provided a statement which contradicted video evidence. The member received a 439 day suspension and resigned from employment.
Trooper Michael Hicks admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Hicks prevented a civilian from departing a room during an argument and deprived them of their cellular telephone. The sustained charge was criminal restraint. He received a 45 day suspension.
The member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division. While off-duty, the member prevented a civilian from departing a room during an argument and deprived them of their cellular telephone. The member received a 45 day suspension.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Hicks's major discipline record?
Hicks has 2 sustained major discipline records from New Jersey State Police, spanning 2021 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Criminal Restraint; Domestic Violence - Assault, Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers, Failure to Notify the Division of Information to Which the Division Would Take Cognizance, Use of Position to Intimidate or Gain Favor, Intentional False Statements.
What is Michael Hicks's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Michael Hicks has 2 major discipline records at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Michael Hicks worked for?
New Jersey State Police reported 3,351 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 Hicks individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 538. 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 2685. 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 538. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 538, 2685. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩