Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Atlantic County Corrections · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 10 days2023 · as reported
In 2023, the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention suspended Officer Johnson for 10 days. The agency reported that he called in a false emergency inside the justice facility over his hand held radio from his home, putting custody staff in danger as they responded to a non-existent emergency. The sustained charge was unprofessional conduct.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Doug Johnson was suspended for 10 days when he called in a false emergency inside the justice facility over his hand held radio from his home putting custody staff in danger by responding to a non-existent emergency
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Francis Johnson · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Andrew Costa · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Unsafe Handling of Firearms
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Kenneth Granger · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unprofessional Conduct
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
58 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, "Doug Johnson, Atlantic County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/doug-johnson-atlantic-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
In 2023, the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention suspended Officer Johnson for 10 days. The agency reported that he called in a false emergency inside the justice facility over his hand held radio from his home, putting custody staff in danger as they responded to a non-existent emergency. The sustained charge was unprofessional conduct.
Doug Johnson has one major discipline record at Atlantic County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.