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.
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.
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What is a summary of Douglas Alcott's major discipline record?
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.
What is Douglas Alcott's major discipline record at Teaneck Police Department?
Douglas Alcott has one major discipline record at Teaneck Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Teaneck Police Department, the department Douglas Alcott worked for?
Teaneck Police Department reported 94 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Douglas Alcott individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1514. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8189. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩