Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Union Township Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 66 daysSeparated while IA pending2023 · as reported
Officer Michael Plaia of the Union Township Police Department was suspended for 66 days and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. According to the record, Plaia tested positive for a controlled dangerous substance during a random drug test conducted under New Jersey Attorney General Directive 2018-2. He subsequently resigned. The agency did not report a formal list of sustained charges.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 66 daysSeparated while IA pendingSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Plaia tested positive for a controilled dangerous substance during a random drug test under NJ Attorney General's Directive 2018-2. Officer Plaia subsequently resigned.
Victor Bartoloma · Allendale Police Department · 2023
Suspended 60 daysSeparated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Indictable Offense
same year · similar sanction outcome
Jeffrey Veloz · Bayonne Police Department · 2023
Suspended 41 daysSeparated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Indictable Offense
same year · similar sanction outcome
Nicholas Brett · Bernards Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 48 daysSeparated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Filing False Report
same year · similar sanction outcome
Abraham Olmedia · Burlington County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 3 daysSeparated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a
same year · similar sanction outcome
Dwayne Watkins · Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office · 2023
Suspended 30 daysSeparated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty: Rules and Regulations 1:4.11; 3:2.12
same year · similar sanction outcome
3 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists 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. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Officer Michael Plaia of the Union Township Police Department was suspended for 66 days and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. According to the record, Plaia tested positive for a controlled dangerous substance during a random drug test conducted under New Jersey Attorney General Directive 2018-2. He subsequently resigned. The agency did not report a formal list of sustained charges.
Michael Plaia has one major discipline record at Union Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Union Township Police Department reported 138 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 Plaia individually.