Trooper Michael Patterson was criminally charged with fourth degree tampering with public records, third degree deprivation of civil rights, and fourth degree stalking. Patterson pled guilty to tampering with public records and was required to forfeit his position with the New Jersey State Police. As a result of the agreement, he was disqualified from any employment with the State of New Jersey and was terminated from employment with the Division.
The member was criminally charged with fourth degree Tampering with Public Records, third degree Deprivation of Civil Rights, and fourth degree Stalking. The member pled guilty to Tampering with Public Records and was required to forfeit their position with the New Jersey State Police. As a result of the agreement, the member was disqualified from any employment with the State of New Jersey and was terminated from employment with the Division.
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No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
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What is a summary of Michael Patterson's major discipline record?
Trooper Michael Patterson was criminally charged with fourth degree tampering with public records, third degree deprivation of civil rights, and fourth degree stalking. Patterson pled guilty to tampering with public records and was required to forfeit his position with the New Jersey State Police. As a result of the agreement, he was disqualified from any employment with the State of New Jersey and was terminated from employment with the Division.
What is Michael Patterson's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Michael Patterson has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Michael Patterson's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Michael Patterson's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2021.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Michael Patterson worked for?
New Jersey State Police reported 3,351 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 Patterson individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2689. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩