City Agrees to Settle Captain's Suit Against Police
New York City agreed to pay approximately $500,000 to a police captain this Tuesday in order to settle a retaliation suit brought by the officer under the anti-discrimination language of Title VII, according to a statement by the captain’s lawyer yesterday. The suit stems from a 1997 scandal that revealed a serious problem with high level responses to harassment charges in the police department, and that has already cost the city almost $2 million. The case involved an attempt by high-ranking police officials to force the plaintiff and his commanding officer---deputy commissioner of equal employment opportunity---to rewrite a report charging several department officials with violations of Title VII, and subsequent retaliation against them when they refused to do so.