Woodbridge Twp PD reported that Officer Michael Petyo failed to report for duty as required on two occasions and missed mandatory training. The agency also found that he had improper demeanor toward a member of the public and superior officers. Petyo was suspended for 60 days. The sustained charges included Standard of Conduct, Neglect of Duty, Obedience to Laws and Regulations, and Absence from Duty.
Officer Petyo did fail to report for duty as required on two occasions, missed mandatory training, and also had improper demeanor towards a member of the public and superior officers.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Petyo's major discipline record?
Woodbridge Twp PD reported that Officer Michael Petyo failed to report for duty as required on two occasions and missed mandatory training. The agency also found that he had improper demeanor toward a member of the public and superior officers. Petyo was suspended for 60 days. The sustained charges included Standard of Conduct, Neglect of Duty, Obedience to Laws and Regulations, and Absence from Duty.
What is Michael Petyo's major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department?
Michael Petyo has one major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Michael Petyo's base salary on record?
Michael Petyo's reported base salary is $147,985, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Petyo has 17 years, 4 months of reported service.
How large is Woodbridge Township Police Department, the department Michael Petyo worked for?
Woodbridge Township Police Department reported 222 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 Petyo individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 456. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 228342, 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 8412. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩