Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 30 days2023 · as reported
The Dept Of Corrections suspended SCPO Michael Zarillo for 30 days in 2023 for conduct unbecoming an employee and violation of rules and regulations. The record states Zarillo failed a sobriety test during a traffic stop and was issued a summons for operating under the influence of liquor or drugs and for an unsafe lane change on marked lanes.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Failed sobriety test during traffic stop- issued summons for operating under the influence of liquor or drugs and Traffic on marked lanes-Unsafe lane change.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Jerome Cochran · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Cook · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jonathan Howard · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jerome Cochran · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Brian Mikus · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Violation of a rule. Regulation, policy or procedure
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
433 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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Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Zarillo, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-zarillo-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
The Dept Of Corrections suspended SCPO Michael Zarillo for 30 days in 2023 for conduct unbecoming an employee and violation of rules and regulations. The record states Zarillo failed a sobriety test during a traffic stop and was issued a summons for operating under the influence of liquor or drugs and for an unsafe lane change on marked lanes.
Michael Zarillo has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
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 Zarillo individually.