Four women officers with the Seattle police department have filed a lawsuit accusing the police chief and the head of the public affairs department of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
The four plaintiffs have all, at one point, been “front-facing” officers involved in recruiting and media relations, but now paint a darker picture of the SPD in the claim for damages.
In the filing, Kame Spencer, Jean Gulpan, Valerie Carson and Lauren Truscott all describe a culture they considered “grooming,” “active sexism” and “predatory behavior” by male counterparts.
Each of the four officers have slightly different stories but they all center around Chief Adrian Diaz and Sgt. John O’Neil who are reportedly old friends. Here’s the complaint from Judinna Gulpan.
She said O’Neil invited her to Las Vegas on an ‘invite-only’ trip with other SPD officers,…
