Just a Coincidence?
In San Antonio, female deputy chief who sued is demoted | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
SAN ANTONIO — The highest-ranking female police officer on the San Antonio force has been demoted from deputy chief to captain and is being replaced by a man, the police chief said.
Former Deputy Chief Rose Mary Flammia, one of two female officers who filed a gender discrimination lawsuit in May, was demoted Friday, said Chief William McManus.
City Pages - The Blotter - San Antonio PD officers plan to file suit against McManus
This should sound familiar to MPD observers. McManus was sued under similar circumstances by Barbara Temple, who was fired when McManus took over the Dayton, Ohio police department and promptly installed three men to serve under him on a command team. The city of Dayton settled with Temple in September for a cool $1.2 million.
In Minneapolis, McManus was sued by MPD Capt. Stacy Altonen after he demoted her in 2004. That civil rights suit was dismissed by a Hennepin County judge in September.
What’s going on here? I realize that there may be very good reason for not promoting the women who filed the law suit but at this point, it doesn’t look too good for McManus.
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