Date of Offense
Offense(s)
Official Statement
Terminated: No
Demoted: No
Suspended: Yes
# of Days Suspended: 20
Sustained Charge: Conduct Unbecoming
Description: On February 23, 2022 Lieutenant Crawford was charged with Insubordination and Conduct unbecoming a public employee based on an investigation by Inspector General and a subsequent investigation by The Lieutenant of Internal Affairs into an alleged Discrimination/Harassment complaint against then Sergeant S. Crawford. Inspector General found that on October 1, 2021 Crawford attempted to circumvent the departmental chain of command and any official table of organization for the county of essex, and instead sent text messages to a Lieutenant's husband who is in no way associated with the Essex County Department of Corrections or its staffing assignments. The purpose of the text were to complain about the Lieutenants actions and enlist his help to convince the Lieutenant to change her mind about a decision she had made at work. Crawford sent his supervisor's spouse text messages that were irresponsible and unprofessional and as a result he was found guilty by a hearing officer and received a 20 day suspension.
