Legal Opinion
Vandegrift v. City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 11, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-2999PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
KEARNEY, District Judge
When a female detective complains about specific sexual assaults and harassment creating a hostile work environment involving certain officers, the police department must recognize, like any employer, its obligation to comprehensively and impartially address and evaluate appropriate remedies. The female detective advised the department of specific credible claims of harassment and sexual assaults by identified officers in allegedly sexually charged police stations towards her and other women officers over many years including in 2014, resulting in an internal…
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