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NY Post
New York Post
3 Oct 2023


NextImg:NJ cop sues after male supervisor allegedly asked if she got an ‘upgrade on her boobs’

A cop in Union County, New Jersey has sued her own department for sexual harassment after a male supervisor allegedly asked if she’d gotten an “upgrade on her boobs because they were looking larger,” a report said.

The 47-year-old officer — who works for the Union Township Police Department — said she’d been harassed and humiliated by other cops since she ended an intimate relationship with a colleague in 2014, according to NJ Advance Media.

Her police beau had allegedly lied to her about being married, the report said. But he continued to pursue the victim — who was not identified by NJ Advance — until she called his wife, according to the September lawsuit.

Then, she learned that other officers had started rumors that she was sleeping with a detective lieutenant — even though she’d rejected his advances, the news outlet said.

She reported the rumors, but police and town officials did nothing, the lawsuit said. And the alleged abuse continued.

“(The) conduct was severe and pervasive enough to make a reasonable woman believe that the conditions of employment were altered, and the working environment was hostile or abusive,” according to the state Superior Court lawsuit.

She attributed the abusive work environment to her gender and detailed a number of other pervy actions her fellow cops took during her years there.

A female officer has reportedly sued the Union Township Police Department in New Jersey and accused its members of copious amounts of corruption, misconduct and sexual harassment.
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In the fall of 2022, the officer said she asked a male co-worker how she could get more work on the side. The co-worker allegedly motioned like he was unbuckling his belt and pants, the lawsuit said.

Another time, a male supervisor walked into her office and asked if she “got an upgrade on her boobs because they were looking larger,” according to NJ Advance.

And a different cop asked her repeatedly if she would “take her boobs out,” the outlet said.

The victim also claimed she was denied promotions, hounded about her compensatory time, and hit with bogus administrative charges relating to her side jobs, NJ Advance said.

The town attorney, Daniel Antonelli, wouldn’t comment to the outlet about the suit but said the officer’s accusations “deserve a serious review.”

“The township has already begun and has completed some internal reviews and will continue to ensure that our police department performs to the highest standards,” Antonelli said.

Another time, in November 2021, the officer said she learned that a deputy chief allegedly had two cops and a civilian employee bring a seized snowblower from the evidence room to his parent’s house for the winter.

She tried to report it but was allegedly yelled at by a lieutenant for saying anything at all. Then she was ordered to say the snowblower was still in the police station — even though it wasn’t — or face insubordination charges.

In January, her fellow officers shot her in the butt and legs with rubber pellets from a BB gun. The cops laughed while she locked herself in her office and cried, the suit said.

“She could not believe that someone had shot at her with the pellets,” the suit said. “She also felt humiliation from the fact that others were audibly amused by this misconduct.”

She reported the incident and was told the next month the other officers had been disciplined — but nothing else, NJ Advance said.

In April, she told the town she planned to sue over the discrimination. A few days later, she found out the department’s internal affairs unit was investigating a problem with her side job at ShopRite.

“Initially, a civilian made a complaint against [her], but none of his allegations resulted in a finding that [she] engaged in violations of the department’s policies and procedures,” the suit states.

Then she got two more notifications about other IA investigations — one into alleged misconduct at her side jobs and another for issues with her vacation days during the prior year, NJ Advance said.

After a departmental hearing, the brass suspended her for a single day.