Female Police Officer Settles Sex Bias Case for $150,000

The highest-ranking female police officer in the Concord, California police department has settled her sex discrimination suit for $150,000.  Lt. Robin Heineman, a 22 year veteran, claimed in her suit that she and other female officers worked in a department run on a "presumption of male supremacy" and rife with "overt hostility toward and disparate treatment of female officers." 

Previously, Lt. Heineman and other officers were part of a sex discrimination lawsuit that resulted in a $1.25 million settlement in 2001.  More recently, the Concord police department paid $750,000 to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by a another female officer.

Source:  San Francisco Chronicle

The case of Lt. Heineman has some apparent similarities to cases where Robert Abell has represented female police officers, see: Sex Discrimination, Retaliation & Aiding and Abetting Discrimination Amended Complaint - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government; Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Attorney: Claim Not Weakened In Walsh Case"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 13, 2003; Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Ex-Chief Accused of Forcing Sex On Officer"; Lexington Herald-Leader, February 28, 2003; Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Former Officer Recants Charge Against Walsh"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 12, 2003; Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Lawsuit Naming Walsh Settled"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 20, 2003; Blankenship v. University of Kentucky - "UK Denies Suit's Claim of Sexual Discrimination"; Kentucky Kernel, November 20, 2007; Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Sex Claim OK'd for Walsh Trial"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 15, 2003; Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Sexual Assault Claims Included, Judge Rules In Suit of Ex-Police Chief Race Bias Claim Allowed"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 1, 2003; Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Suit Claims Sex Discrimination By Lexington Chief"; Courier-Journal, August 2, 2001; Blankenship v. University of Kentucky; "Suit Says Female UK Police Officers Were Mistreated"; Lexington Herald-Leader, October 12, 2007; Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Walsh Is Target of Sex Bias Suit"; Lexington Herald-Leader, August 2, 2001.

If you have suffered discrimination on the job, contact Lexington, Kentucky discrimination lawyer Robert Abell at 859-254-7076.