Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Michael Liotta

East Hanover Township Police Department · 1 record · 2022

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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Ptl
Sustained charge(s)
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Patrolman Michael Liotta of the East Hanover Township Police Department was suspended for 15 days in 2022. While reporting for his night shift, Liotta struck a stop sign with his patrol vehicle and was determined to have been driving recklessly. He was charged with conduct unbecoming an employee of the public.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer reported to work for his night shift. During this time, the Officer struck a stop sign with the patrol vehicle and was determined to be driving wrecklessly. Officer was charged with an employee of the public and served a 15 day suspension.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $143,013
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 13 years, 2 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2262. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 227143, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩