Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Michael Machen

Old Bridge Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s)
Other sanction: Loss of time
Separated while IA pending: No

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

Sergeant Michael Machen of the Old Bridge Township Police Department was the supervisor on scene at a single-vehicle crash involving a father and his two young children, one of whom had a compound leg fracture. The father was later found to have a high blood alcohol content and was charged with driving while intoxicated. An internal affairs investigation resulted in sustained charges of neglect of duty and failure to supervise against Machen. No criminal charges were sustained. Machen received a 10-day suspension and a loss of time.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officers responded to a single vehicle crash involving a father and his 2 young children. One child had a compound leg fracture. Officer Gavares and Sgt. Machen were on scene. Father went to hospital with daughter. Later, while at the hospital it was found that the father had a high BAC after being treated for his own injuries. Middlesex County Prosecutors Office advised us to charge the father with DWI, which we did. They then opened an internal affairs investigation against Machen and Gavares. The outcome of the IA investigation was that Gavares failed to properly investigate the crash leading to sustained and performance of duty charges. Since Machen was the supervisor on scene for everything the outcome of the same investigation was sustained charges for and failure to supervise. No criminal charges were sustained against the officers, only administrative charges.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $189,273
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 26 years, 9 months

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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 447. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 236854, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩