Patrice SHARP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF HOUSTON; Et Al., Defendants, City of Houston, Defendant-Appellant

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The City of Houston appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Patrice Sharp, a former Houston Police Department (“HPD”) officer, for sexual harassment and retaliation. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

I

Sharp was one of about fourteen officers assigned to Mounted Patrol, an elite horse-mounted unit stationed several miles from downtown Houston and police headquarters. Mounted Patrol maintained a strict paramilitary chain of command. There were two sergeants: Edgar Bice, who was Sharp’s immediate supervisor, and Jimmy Brown. In 1991, Lieutenant…