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Michael Kuzmicz

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 60 days2025 · as reported

Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Kuzmicz received a 60-day suspension, the Dept Of Corrections reported. On 10/14/25, Kuzmicz was issued a disciplinary notice for knowingly purchasing and possessing multiple high capacity magazines, which are illegal to own in New Jersey. An investigation found he owned four high capacity thirty round .556 magazines and three high capacity thirty round .762 magazines. The Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office declined to pursue criminal charges. Kuzmicz signed a settlement agreement on 11/6/25.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 60 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
  • as amended C11- an employee. D7- Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1- Violation of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 10/14/25, Bayside State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Michael Kuzmicz was issued a Preliminary Notice of Disciplinary Action for knowingly purchasing and possessing multiple high capacity magazines, which are illegal to own in the State of NJ. An investigation conducted by the New Jersey Department of Correction’s Special Investigations Division (SID) revealed that SCPO Kuzmicz owned four high capacity thirty round .556 magazines and three high capacity, thirty round .762 magazines. The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office declined to pursue criminal charges regarding the firearms confiscated from SCPO Kuzmicz. On 11/6/25, SCPO Kuzmicz signed a settlement agreement for a 60-day suspension.

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Other officers at Department Of Corrections

433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$114,697
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
15 years, 7 months

How to read this

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Questions and answers

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

Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Kuzmicz received a 60-day suspension, the Dept Of Corrections reported. On 10/14/25, Kuzmicz was issued a disciplinary notice for knowingly purchasing and possessing multiple high capacity magazines, which are illegal to own in New Jersey. An investigation found he owned four high capacity thirty round .556 magazines and three high capacity thirty round .762 magazines. The Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office declined to pursue criminal charges. Kuzmicz signed a settlement agreement on 11/6/25.

What is Michael Kuzmicz's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

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

What is Michael Kuzmicz's base salary on record?

Michael Kuzmicz's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Kuzmicz has 15 years, 7 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Michael Kuzmicz worked for?

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 Kuzmicz individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 659. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214711, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩