NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office (LEMIO) today released its report on multiple complaints filed against Saugerties Police Department (SPD) Officer Dion Johnson. The SPD referred complaints against Officer Johnson, including allegations of harassment and sexual assault from a member of the public and from coworkers, to LEMIO pursuant to Executive Law 75(5)(b), which requires law enforcement agencies to refer cases in which an officer has been subject to five or more complaints in a two-year period to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for review. The SPD fully cooperated with LEMIO. After a thorough investigation, including interviews with complainants and SPD command staff, and a review of SPD and Albany Police Department (APD) investigative and personnel files and agency policies, LEMIO concluded that Officer Johnson engaged in a pattern of misconduct involving inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature, and recommended that SPD seek to terminate him for these actions.
During Officer Johnson’s employment at APD and SPD, he was the subject of multiple complaints and disciplinary actions regarding allegations of untruthfulness, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. As a result of the complaints and allegations detailed below, SPD suspended Officer Johnson for 10 days and put him on probation for a year. However, upon review of the officer’s conduct, LEMIO concluded that SPD’s disciplinary actions were...
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