Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Michael Straten

Hoboken Police Department · 1 record · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 30 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): (a)1 and (a)7. PD RR: 6:2.23; 6:2.26; 6:2.27; 6:2.28; 6:2.36
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $146,320
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 10 years, 2 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

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/. ↩