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Douglas Siteman

Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 1 record · 2023

DemotedSuspended 130 days2023 · as reported

The Cape May County Sheriffs Office reported that on or about April 7, 2023, in Reading, Berkshire, England, Officer Douglas Siteman made inappropriate and unsolicited sexual advances, both physical and verbal, toward a female without her consent. There was no criminal conviction, but the office found the underlying conduct justified the charges. The 2023 record sustained charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and obedience to laws and regulations. Effective August 18, 2023, Siteman was demoted to the rank of Sheriff's Officer, and he received a 130-day suspension.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

DemotedSuspended 130 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • a Public Employee
  • Obedience to Laws and regulations
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On or about 4/7/2023, at Reading in the County of Berkshire, England, Sgt Sitemen made inappropriate and unsolicited sexual advances (both physical and verbal) at a female without her consent.Sgt Sitemen was accused and arrested for non-consensual sexual contact. There was no criminal conviction but the conduct underlying these criminal charges, if true, would justify the above charges regardless of whether a criminal conviction was obtained. Effective August 18, 2023 Siteman was demoted to the rank of Sheriff's Officer.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Christine Caldwell · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021

    DemotedSuspended 30 days

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • William Nielsen · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2023

    Suspended 45 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination; Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee; Neglect Of Duty: Misuse of Public Property

    same agency · same year

  • Tyler Dunne · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2023

    Suspended 91 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conductunbecoming a public Employee; Obedience to laws and Regulations

    same agency · same year

  • Erick Womack · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2023

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Failure to Perform Duties; Coduct Unbecoming a Public Emolyee: Neglect of Duty; Violating Housing Unit 3 post Orders

    same agency · same year

  • Carol Cooper · Burlington County Sheriff's Office · 2023

    DemotedSuspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Cape May County Sheriff's Office

16 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 16 at the Cape May County Sheriff's Office page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Douglas Siteman's major discipline record?

The Cape May County Sheriffs Office reported that on or about April 7, 2023, in Reading, Berkshire, England, Officer Douglas Siteman made inappropriate and unsolicited sexual advances, both physical and verbal, toward a female without her consent. There was no criminal conviction, but the office found the underlying conduct justified the charges. The 2023 record sustained charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and obedience to laws and regulations. Effective August 18, 2023, Siteman was demoted to the rank of Sheriff's Officer, and he received a 130-day suspension.

What is Douglas Siteman's major discipline record at Cape May County Sheriff's Office?

Douglas Siteman has one major discipline record at Cape May County Sheriff's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1618. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩