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Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 30 days2021 · as reported
Corrections Officer Michael Ward received a 30-day suspension from the Department Of Corrections in 2021. According to the description, during a SID interview Ward's answers contradicted his written report. He was not terminated or demoted. The sustained charges and any other sanction were not reported.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
During SID interview his answers contradicted his written report.
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Corrections Officer Michael Ward received a 30-day suspension from the Department Of Corrections in 2021. According to the description, during a SID interview Ward's answers contradicted his written report. He was not terminated or demoted. The sustained charges and any other sanction were not reported.
Michael Ward has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Michael Ward's reported base salary is $99,833, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Ward has 14 years, 3 months of reported service.
Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 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 Ward individually.