Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Atlantic County Corrections · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 10 days2024 · as reported
In 2024, Lieutenant Morrissey was suspended for 10 days by the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention. The agency reported that he neglected to properly review the criminal record file for an inmate, which resulted in the inmate's erroneous release from a court ordered commitment at the Atlantic County Justice Facility. The sustained charge was a standards of conduct violation.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Lieutenant Michael Morrissey neglected to properly review the criminal record file for an inmate that resulted in his erroneous release from his court ordered commitment at the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Nicholas Procaccini · Atlantic County Corrections · 2024
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Performance of duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Brian Pihs · Atlantic County Corrections · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Tamara Miller · Atlantic County Corrections · 2024
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Brian Pihs · Atlantic County Corrections · 2024
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Brian Pihs · Atlantic County Corrections · 2024
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
58 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Morrissey, Atlantic County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-morrissey-atlantic-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
In 2024, Lieutenant Morrissey was suspended for 10 days by the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention. The agency reported that he neglected to properly review the criminal record file for an inmate, which resulted in the inmate's erroneous release from a court ordered commitment at the Atlantic County Justice Facility. The sustained charge was a standards of conduct violation.
Michael Morrissey has one major discipline record at Atlantic County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.