Groveport Police Chief Casey Adams will return to his job on Monday after a third-party investigation found no evidence to support claims that Adams harassed a male police officer.
The report released Friday by the city said the investigation found no violation of city policy nor state or federal laws.
The report said that the officer told an investigator that Adams approached the officer from behind and put his hands on his shoulders. The chief would also grab the officer's vest and hold on to it for up to 30 seconds, according to the allegations.
Adams did not touch the officer's skin. The officer told the investigator that while he believed the chief's conduct was weird and unprofessional, it was not sexual.
The report said the officer did not report any of the physical contact, until the final straw in late February when Adams allegedly grabbed the officer's vest from behind and pulled him up from a filing cabinet.
That caused the officer to lose his balance. The report said Adams did not recall the incident.
Anne Duprey, a lawyer from the Frost Brown Todd firm, conducted the investigation.
Adams was put on paid administrative leave on March 13.
Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9 represents the officer who filed the complaint. A statement Friday from Brian Toth, executive vice president of the lodge, said the union is disappointed in the investigation's findings.
"Our member bravely came forward to report unwanted contact by Chief Adams; the investigation's finding that physical contact occurred as reported but that Chief Adams cannot be held accountable due to the lack of policy against such unwelcome conduct is as baffling as it is disturbing," the statement said.
Groveport City Administrator BJ King said Groveport's policies are similar to other communities.
"All of the accusations were unfounded," King said.
"The chief was found to have done absolutely nothing wrong," King said.