Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 10 days2022 · as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Horton was suspended for 10 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2022 for sleeping while on duty and neglect of duty. A review of video surveillance over a four month period showed that Horton was asleep while on duty on one or more occasions and failed to complete required duties.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Review of video surveillance over a four month period revealed SCPO Michael Horton was asleep while on duty on one or more occasions and failed to complete required duties.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Adalberto Duarte · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Patrick Ferrea · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): 1. Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which would not result in danger to persons or…
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Peter Korczak · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Paul Jankin · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Melanie Cuenca · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Horton, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-horton-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Horton was suspended for 10 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2022 for sleeping while on duty and neglect of duty. A review of video surveillance over a four month period showed that Horton was asleep while on duty on one or more occasions and failed to complete required duties.
Michael Horton has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 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 Horton individually.