JOLIET, IL — Officer Nick Crowley was given a five-week unpaid suspension from the Joliet Police Department in February, following an internal affairs investigation into an incident involving several text messages Crowley sent over a six-day period last October, Joliet Patch has learned.
On Monday, the Joliet Police Department responded to Joliet Patch’s Freedom of Information Act request surrounding Crowley’s recent discipline history. The internal affairs memos indicate that Crowley was notified of his 25-day work suspension as a result of the internal affairs probe led by Sgt. Brian Prochaska on Feb. 7.
According to the documents obtained by Patch, Crowley’s 25-day work suspension pertained to violations of the Joliet Police Department’s code of conduct, for conduct unbecoming of a police officer and for coarse or disrespectful language.
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The documents state: “On October 17, 2022, at 4:06 p.m. and continuing through October 21, 2022, at approximately 8:36 p.m., you communicated via text message with a citizen in an unprofessional manner. The complaint has been investigated and, based on available evidence, been found to be SUSTAINED.”
Part of the document provided to Patch states: “Members will not make offensive or derogatory comments based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin, either directly or indirectly, to another person” and that “any victim or witness coming into contact with the Joliet Police Department will be treated with fairness, compassion and dignity.”
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Unrelated, Joliet Patch also learned that Crowley received an eight-hour, one-day, work suspension for a different incident last year.
According to that internal affairs case, also handled by Joliet Police Sgt. Brian Prochaska, on Feb. 3, 2022, at 12:46 p.m. while at Ruby and Wilcox streets, Crowley conducted a traffic stop of a citizen without probable cause and retaliated against the citizen when he/she complained.
In that incident, the internal affairs unit found that Crowley committed an integrity violation, that he had abused his authority.
In June 2018, city of Joliet officials revealed that Crowley received a 30-day unpaid suspension for his role in a July 2017 fracas inside his future wife Cassie Socha’s townhouse. During that incident, an angry Crowley fired his gun into the ceiling of their residence, awaking the sleeping couple who occupied the adjacent townhouse. The couple also heard lots of screaming and thought they heard Crowley’s girlfriend’s head being slammed, according to the trial testimony.
For that incident, Crowley went to a bench trial on two criminal charges of reckless discharge of a gun. After hearing the special prosecution’s evidence, Will County Judge Daniel Kennedy announced he found Crowley not guilty.
Related Joliet Patch coverage of Nick Crowley:
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Joliet Cop Nick Crowley Faces Another Excessive Force Lawsuit
Officer Crowley’s Excessive Force Costs Joliet’s Taxpayers
Officer Crowley Gets Disciplined By Joliet PD
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