Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 10 days- Rank as reported
- Lieutenant
- Sustained charge(s)
- Obedience to Law and Regulations and Respect
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On July 27, 2023, Lieutenant Alcott made an inappropriate comment directed at or heard by another employee while in conversation with officers at police headquarters, the Teaneck Police Department record states. An investigation determined the comment was intended to be a sexually suggestive joke and was a violation of department rules and regulations. Alcott was suspended for ten days.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
It was alleged that on July 27, 2023, Liuetenant Alcott made an inappropriate comment directed at and/or heard by another employee. Specifically it was alleged that while engaged in a coversation with one or more officers in Police Headquarters, Lt. Alcott remarked, "while speaking of Hershey" as the employee passed. An investigation determined that the alleged comment was made by Lt. Alcott to an employee and that it was intended to be a sexually suggestive joke. Such a comment was disrespectful, inappropriate and unprofessional in the workplace. Lt. Alcott's conduct was a violation of the Teaneck Police Department Rules and Regulations. Based upon the facts of the case, Lt. Alcott was suspended for ten days.