Jury awards LAPD detectives $2.5 million

Los Angeles Times ^ | 10-6-11 | Joel Rubin

[Respond Code Three]

A jury has awarded three veteran Los Angeles police detectives $2.5 million in a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against their supervisors.

The verdict, delivered Friday after only a few hours of deliberation, is the latest in a long string of costly lawsuits brought by LAPD officers against fellow cops and supervisors for retaliation, harassment and other workplace abuses.

[Respond Code Three]

If I were the Chief, the fact that a jury came back with a verdict in a few hours would set off alarms. But to me, the stupid supervisor of the year goes to the supervisor in the article for the following: Guerrero recalled (Lt. Natalie) Cortez saying: "You can say I'm guilty of gender bias, but oh well.... I want women to succeed in this job. You do what I tell you, you'll make it here,"

Evidently the jury agreed that she was guilty gender bias. The Chief should bust her back to patrol officer and let her patrol in East L.A. for a few years to remind her that a lot of good cops get passed over for promotion so that "gender bias" cops can get promoted.

[traditional1]

$2.5 Million of Taxpayer money (that the City doesn't have), and a lawyer lines his pockets with half of it.

Harassment Claims, discrimination claims, etc., need to go to those INDIVIDUALS who are guilty, NOT THE DEEP POCKETS OF THEIR EMPLOYER, and without Tort reform, we'll never stop the Litigation Lotto games.

[Haddit]

Just what is the height requirement for our LAPD? To me it looks like maybe it is 5 feet or the ability to see over the steering wheel.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“To me it looks like maybe it is 5 feet or the ability to see over the steering wheel.”

I’m sure that for the proper “politically correct” applicant, they would allow a booster seat. There is a shortage of black transgendered height challenged applicants.

[Tupelo]

“$2.5 Million of Taxpayer money (that the City doesn't have), and a lawyer lines his pockets with half of it”

Which leaves each officer with $300,000.00. Then the city, county, state and federal governments extract their “fair share” and the three officers are left with something like $.50 and the satisfaction of receiving just compensation for the discrimination they were put through. it ain't called the "Just-us" system for nothing.

[Yo-Yo]

Nothing new. This was the subplot to the Dirty Harry movie "The Enforcer" in 1971.

"Out there you'll have a partner. If you get blown away, he'll get blown away, too. That's
some price to pay for being stylish."

[DJ MacWoW]

Weary But Not Beaten!

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[Respond Code Three]

That is the major flaw here. Police managers are well trained in the rules of harassment and should know better. Thus, the supervisors who knowingly engage in discrimination should be personally liable. Instead, the jurors take the easy way out and punish the city.

[Respond Code Three]

I believe that there is no height requirement anymore.

[Respond Code Three]

It was a fun movie is some respects. Harry’s questioning of potential inspectors was a riot.