Michael Schissel has been a Rockford police officer since 1998.

In 2003, Schissel was named in a lawsuit along with other RPD officers alleging wrongful arrest.

Schissel and RPD officers Black and Dulgar followed a suspect into a driveway causing the resident of the home, an elder woman, to come out to the front porch and ask the officers what was going on.

The officers told her to “Get your goddamn ass back in the house.”

When she stayed on the porch, officers began to question her asking if she knew the suspect. She told them she didn’t know the suspect. The officers told her again to get her “Goddamn ass back in the house.”

Again, she stayed on the porch. Officers approached her and asked for her information and she gave it. They then placed her under arrest. She was charged with resisting arrest. The charges were eventually dropped after being reviewed by the prosecutor.

In 2019, Schissel made $93,136 in salary + $33,233 in overtime = $126,369 + $25,350 in health insurance + $30,497 pension pay.

In 2020, they made $96,149 in salary + $26,449 in overtime = $122,598 + $25,350 in health insurance + $33,025 in pension pay.

In 2021, they made $108,014 in salary + $31,438 in overtime = $139,453 + $24,960 in health insurance + $34,932 in pension pay.

In 2022, they made $102,317 in salary + $28,327 in overtime = $130,644 + $25,350 in health insurance + $39,700 in pension pay.

In 2023, they made $112,270 in salary + $34,331 in overtime = $146,601 + $25,350 in health insurance + $46,059 in pension pay.

In 2024, they made $103,745 in salary + $18,869 in overtime = $112,614 + $26,325 in health insurance + $52,059 in pension pay.

If you or anyone you know has been abused, harassed or otherwise mistreated by this officer please email us with the officers name in the subject.