Officer Michael Martinez was suspended by the Plainfield Police Department on a charge of indictable offenses. The record states that on 23 April 2023 Martinez was involved in a domestic violence incident with a person protected under the Domestic Violence Act, during which he discharged his department-issued firearm inside his home while the protected person and three small children were present. North Brunswick Police Department charged him with third-degree aggravated assault, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
On 23 April 2023, Officer Martinez was involved in a Domestic Violence incident with a person that is protected under the Domestic Violence Act, where he discharged his departmental issued firearm, while inside his home. This occurred while the protected person and three small children were present. Officer Martinez was charged by North Brunswick Police Department with Aggravated Assault-3rd Degree, Poss of Firearm for Unlawful Purpose-2nd Degree and Endangering the Welfare of a Child-2nd Degree. Officer Martinez has been suspended since 24 April 2023. This matter is still pending in Middlesex Superior Court.
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What is a summary of Michael Martinez's major discipline record?
Officer Michael Martinez was suspended by the Plainfield Police Department on a charge of indictable offenses. The record states that on 23 April 2023 Martinez was involved in a domestic violence incident with a person protected under the Domestic Violence Act, during which he discharged his department-issued firearm inside his home while the protected person and three small children were present. North Brunswick Police Department charged him with third-degree aggravated assault, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
What is Michael Martinez's major discipline record at Plainfield Police Department?
Michael Martinez has one major discipline record at Plainfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Plainfield Police Department, the department Michael Martinez worked for?
Plainfield Police Department reported 128 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 Martinez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1992. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8612. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩