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South Plainfield Police Department · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 30 days2022 · as reported
Sergeant Molinaro was observed sleeping while on duty on February 21, 2022, and was suspended for 30 days by the South Plainfield Police Department. The sustained charge was a violation of Rule and Regulation 11:31.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Michael Molinaro was observed sleeping while on duty on February 21, 2022 and suspended for 30 days.
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
Algier Parham · South Plainfield Police Department · 2025
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties; insubordination; conduct unbecoming of a public employee; neglect of duty;…
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Kevin Craig · Absecon City Police Department · 2022
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): 3:1.5 Performance of Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
Martina Martin · Atlantic City Police Department · 2022
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Responding to Calls, Body Worn Camera & Prohibited Activity on Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
Martina Martin · Atlantic City Police Department · 2022
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Insubordination, Training Policy & Written Directive System
same year · similar sanction outcome
Mailon Demby · Atlantic City Police Department · 2022
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Improper Search, Performance of Duty & Body Worn Camera
same year · similar sanction outcome
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Molinaro, South Plainfield Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-molinaro-south-plainfield-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Sergeant Molinaro was observed sleeping while on duty on February 21, 2022, and was suspended for 30 days by the South Plainfield Police Department. The sustained charge was a violation of Rule and Regulation 11:31.
Michael Molinaro has one major discipline record at South Plainfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Michael Molinaro's reported base salary is $166,516, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Molinaro has 26 years, 3 months of reported service.
South Plainfield Police Department reported 60 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 Molinaro individually.