Suspended 30 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Zuniga has two sustained major discipline records from Atlantic City PD, both from 2025. Neither record shows a termination, and both resulted in suspension. The first record's sustained charge concerns pursuit and forcible stopping guidelines; the second concerns temporary detention booking and intake and security and control procedures.
On April 06, 2024, around 01:25 am, Officer Michael Zuniga was conducting radar enforcement on RT 40 when he clocked a Black Honda traveling over 100 MPH, the Atlantic City Police Department reported. Zuniga violated the department vehicle pursuit policy by chasing the vehicle despite having its tag information, not notifying communications, and driving at excessive speeds on Pacific Avenue. The department sustained a charge under the Pursuit and Forcible Stopping guidelines, and Zuniga was suspended for 45 days with a monetary fine or loss of pay.
On April 06, 2024, around 01:25 am Ofc. Michael Zuniga was conducting radar enforcement on RT 40. During this traffic enforcement, he clocked a Black Honda going over 100 MPH inbound into Atlantic City. In an attempt to catch up to the vehicle, Ofc. Zuniga violated ACPD Vehicle Pursuit Policy by pursuing a vehicle that committed only a MV violation despite having the tag information of the Black Honda, not immediately notifying communications of the pursuit and conducting a pursuit at excessive speeds in a high volume area of motor vehicles and pedestrian traffic (Pacific Ave).
Officer Michael Zuniga brought a prisoner into the secure holding facility and failed to properly search the prisoner, the Atlantic City Police Department reported. A knife was subsequently found in the cell where the prisoner was held. The department sustained a charge of Temporary Detention: Booking and Intake / Security and Control. Zuniga was suspended for 30 days and received a monetary fine or loss of pay.
Temporary Detention: Booking and Intake / Security and Control
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Zuniga brought a prisoner into the secure holding facility. Officer Zuniga failed to search said prisoner properly. A knife was subsequently found in the cell where the prisoner was held.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Michael Zuniga, Atlantic City Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/michael-zuniga-atlantic-city-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Zuniga's major discipline record?
Zuniga has two sustained major discipline records from Atlantic City PD, both from 2025. Neither record shows a termination, and both resulted in suspension. The first record's sustained charge concerns pursuit and forcible stopping guidelines; the second concerns temporary detention booking and intake and security and control procedures.
What is Michael Zuniga's major discipline record at Atlantic City Police Department?
Michael Zuniga has 2 major discipline records at Atlantic City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Atlantic City Police Department, the department Michael Zuniga worked for?
Atlantic City Police Department reported 295 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 Zuniga individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 14. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 15. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8112. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩