Sergeant Michael Straten was suspended for 30 days by the Hoboken Police Department in 2025. After another police agency reported a possible shooting homicide in Hoboken, Straten failed to take critical steps to properly investigate. The lack of meaningful steps delayed locating the victim's remains and slowed the overall investigation. Straten also failed to make mandatory notification in a timely manner, which left division commanders unaware of the report.
Following a report from another police agency of a possible shooting homicide that reportedly took place in Hoboken it was determined that Sgt. Straten failed to take critical steps to properly investigate the report. The lack of meaningful steps to investigate resulted in a delay in locating the remains of the victim and thus delaying the investigation overall. Sgt.Straten also failed to make mandatory notification in a timely manner which resulted in division commanders not being aware of a credibly reported possible homicide within city limits.
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Other officers at Hoboken Police Department
15 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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What is a summary of Michael Straten's major discipline record?
Sergeant Michael Straten was suspended for 30 days by the Hoboken Police Department in 2025. After another police agency reported a possible shooting homicide in Hoboken, Straten failed to take critical steps to properly investigate. The lack of meaningful steps delayed locating the victim's remains and slowed the overall investigation. Straten also failed to make mandatory notification in a timely manner, which left division commanders unaware of the report.
What is Michael Straten's major discipline record at Hoboken Police Department?
Michael Straten has one major discipline record at Hoboken Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Michael Straten's base salary on record?
Michael Straten's reported base salary is $146,320, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Straten has 10 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Hoboken Police Department, the department Michael Straten worked for?
Hoboken Police Department reported 139 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 Straten individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 353. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 221284, 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 8342. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩