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Michael Montalto

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 15 days2024 · as reported

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Montalto for 15 days in 2024. On February 20 and 21, 2024, Montalto refused to work a mandatory overtime shift, stating he had Family Leave and Medical Act time, but he had not enacted his FMLA time within the proper timeframe and could not use it for those dates. He later called out sick and requested FMLA time he did not have, without providing documentation within the allotted period. Montalto signed a settlement agreement that included a removal charge on May 21, 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 15 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 4. or lateness. N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . A1:Unsatisfactory attendance. A9: Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse. C8: Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work
  • employment application
  • attendance
  • or in any record
  • report
  • investigation
  • or other proceeding. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On February 20 and 21, 2024 Officer Montalto refused to work a mandatory overtime shift stating he has Family Leave and Medical Act time. Officer Montalto failed to enact his FMLA time within the proper timeframe and therefore was unable to utilize it for the dates requested. Furthermore, on February 25, 2025 Officer Montalto called out sick and requested to use FMLA time which he did not have and Officer Montalto failed to provide any documentation to excuse his absence within the allotted time period. Officer Montalto signed a settlement agreement that combined several sanctions for this matter including a removal charge on May 21, 2024.

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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)
$108,742
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
13 years, 4 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.

Questions and answers

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

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Montalto for 15 days in 2024. On February 20 and 21, 2024, Montalto refused to work a mandatory overtime shift, stating he had Family Leave and Medical Act time, but he had not enacted his FMLA time within the proper timeframe and could not use it for those dates. He later called out sick and requested FMLA time he did not have, without providing documentation within the allotted period. Montalto signed a settlement agreement that included a removal charge on May 21, 2024.

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

Michael Montalto has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Michael Montalto's base salary on record?

Michael Montalto's reported base salary is $108,742, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Montalto has 13 years, 4 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Michael Montalto 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 Montalto individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1361. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214111, 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/. ↩