After deciding to take extra time to review the case, Albany’s Community Police Review Board unanimously agreed that First Ward Councilmember John Williamson’s misconduct allegations against two Albany police officers were unfounded.
Julia Morris, the board member who reviewed the case, concluded that all of Williamson’s allegations were unfounded, based on the available evidence. An investigation conducted by the Albany Police Department’s Office of Professional Standards reached the same conclusion.
The allegations stemmed from a May traffic stop. Morris’ report considered allegations that APD officers improperly pulled Williamson over on May 18; that they racially profiled Williamson, who is Black; that the officers were “rude, sarcastic, dismissive, arrogant and nasty”; and that an officer gripped his gun during the traffic stop, which scared Williamson’s passenger, his 16-year-old grandson. Morris said she reviewed both officers’ body-camera footage and video from a traffic-light camera that captured the scene…