Posted on 02/17/2014 2:37:26 PM PST by naturalman1975
Two ‘petite’ firearms officers are set to receive a pay-out of £70,000 after winning a sex discrimination case over the size of their big guns.
Victoria Wheatley and Rachael Giles said their weapons were too big for their small hands and as a result they could not reach the trigger, a tribunal has heard.
The two women struggled with the grip of the pistols they were using – a Glock 17 – and they also claimed their heads and legs were too small for their protective gear.
The case, held at the Central London Employment Tribunal last week, found the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) guilty of discrimination against both officers in the provision of suitable firearms and safety equipment.
It is understood the officers are set to receive £35,000 each after winning the case against the force – but there is expected to be an appeal.
The decision comes after a number of extraordinary cases where police forces across the country have had to pay out thousands in compensation to officers due to injuries at work - including £8,000 to a policeman bitten by fleas.
The two officers were based at different stations in the north west, with Miss Wheatley part of the armed unit which protects the Sellafield atomic complex in Cumbria and Miss Giles based at Chapelcross, near Annan.
Both females, who were described as being ‘petite in stature’ and with ‘small hands’, asked on several occasions for a smaller and suitable grip on the weapon when they could not reach the trigger, but this did not happen, the tribunal heard.
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Amen...
This has to be a joke
The Gen 4 Glocks have interchangeable backstraps like the S&W M&P semi-autos. The Gen 3s feel like they have very thick grips but the Gen 1& Gen 2 Glocks have nice, slim grips. I liked the Gen 1 grips but don’t like the Gen 3.
LOL..............here, here! I’m reading this in disbelief.
But, we beat it with the little boys who now by California law can “think” their little girls so they can take showers with the little girls.
Glad my little girl is now a CPA so I don’t have to worry about residing on death row!
Can I sue because with the low elevation of the kitchen sink in my apartment having to hunch over it doing dishes, hurts my back?
Nothing good ever happens when the word ‘tribunal’ is involved.
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