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Michael Tsiolas

Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 20 days2024 · as reported

Correctional Police Officer Michael Tsiolas neglected his duties while on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center by leaving the officer's station door and the inner door of a housing unit unsecured while performing a post check, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office reported. Tsiolas was suspended for 20 days in 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 20 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
(a) 1 – , or Failure to Perform Duties (a) 3 – (a) 7 – (a) 11 – Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Performance of Duty Logbook N2 – Pre-Classification Housing Unit Direct Supervision of Inmates/Detainees Touch-Screen Control System
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Correctional Police Officer Michael Tsiolas, while on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center, neglected his duties by leaving the officer's station door and the inner door of a housing unit unsecure while performing a post check.

Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.

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Other officers at Bergen County Sheriff's Department

35 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 35 at the Bergen County Sheriff's Department page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Cite this page

Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Tsiolas, Bergen County Sheriff's Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-tsiolas-bergen-co-sheriffs-dept/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Michael Tsiolas's major discipline record?

Correctional Police Officer Michael Tsiolas neglected his duties while on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center by leaving the officer's station door and the inner door of a housing unit unsecured while performing a post check, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office reported. Tsiolas was suspended for 20 days in 2024.

What is Michael Tsiolas's major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department?

Michael Tsiolas has one major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 866. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩