On December 2, 2023, Officer Nestico was involved in an on-duty motor vehicle accident at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and East 25th Street while operating unit #805. Nestico left the scene rather than rendering aid to possible injured occupants, and he failed to advise headquarters of the collision, failed to notify his sergeant, and failed to activate his body worn camera. The Paterson Police Department sustained a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and suspended him for 30 days.
On December 2, 2023, Officer Michael Nestico was involved in a motor vehicle accident while on duty at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and East 25th Street while utilizing unit #805. Once the accident occurred, Off. Nestico fled the scene of the accident instead of rendering aide to possible injured motorists/occupants/civilians. Off. Nestico also failed to advise Headquarters of his collision and that he would not make his last dispatch assignment. Off. Nestico also failed to notify his immediate Sergeant of his collision and failed to activate his body worn camera.
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What is a summary of Michael Nestico's major discipline record?
On December 2, 2023, Officer Nestico was involved in an on-duty motor vehicle accident at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and East 25th Street while operating unit #805. Nestico left the scene rather than rendering aid to possible injured occupants, and he failed to advise headquarters of the collision, failed to notify his sergeant, and failed to activate his body worn camera. The Paterson Police Department sustained a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and suspended him for 30 days.
What is Michael Nestico's major discipline record at Paterson Police Department?
Michael Nestico has one major discipline record at Paterson Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Michael Nestico's base salary on record?
Michael Nestico's reported base salary is $66,413, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Nestico has 3 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Paterson Police Department, the department Michael Nestico worked for?
Paterson Police Department reported 412 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 Nestico individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1251. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 226040, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8546. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩