Capt. Patricia Helliger in her office. File photo
Posted on 05/09/2016 3:47:58 PM PDT by BillyBonebrake
NEW HAVEN >> Less than three months after her historic promotion, the Police Department’s first black female police captain is suing the city alleging racial and gender discrimination dating to 2012.
Police Capt. Patricia Helliger filed the civil complaint at Superior Court in New Haven last week after the complaint was released by the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities on Feb. 29 — 10 days after her ceremonial induction at City Hall.
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Helliger is represented by East Haven attorney Patricia A. Cofrancesco. The city of New Haven is listed as the first defendant, with Police Chief Dean Esserman listed as an additional defendant. Cofrancesco said Esserman was added because some alleged acts in the civil complaint involved him.
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According to the 11-page complaint, among incidents of alleged discrimination faced by Helliger included a Facebook post in 2012 allegedly posted by a male officer referring to her as “Mrs. Butterworth.” The posting surfaced while Helliger was being considered as a potential candidate for assistant chief, the complaint said, though Helliger said an assistant chief declined to provide details about who had posted the offensive remarks. The department did not address the incident until 2014, the complaint claims. It’s unclear if anyone was disciplined because of the alleged incident.
The complaint also alleges Esserman was “condescending” and “openly angry” after Helliger shared concerns for her physical safety following her treatment at the department after an incident involving a physical altercation with a woman at a Walmart in 2014.
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Helliger is seeking at least $15,000 in damages. Cofrancesco said Helliger hopes to receive fair treatment, though she noted her complaint could draw attention to how women are treated in the workplace.
(Excerpt) Read more at nhregister.com ...
Here we go again -——they will never be satisfied.
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Sounds like they tried to shut her up with a standard “unqualified minority promotion” and she figured she could get the best of both worlds b y accepting and suing anyway...
I say give it to her. The boot that is.
Note to New Haven: don’t hire anymore black female police captains.
Capt. Patricia Helliger in her office. File photo
Pay attention, all you LEO’s...
This is how you promote unity, harmony, and morale in a police department.....
(Do I need a sarcasm “/s”?)
BLM
$15000.00 ain’t going to be enough to stay home and watch stories.
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Collect 2 million or so, then keep job & fat pension.
Nice.
Could’ve been worse. Could have been Aunt Jemima.
Oh, I should have posted that pic. Thank you.
No, she wouldn’t back down from an opportunity to brawl at Walmart.
See post# 12. I’m calling John Amos from Good Times...
Yikes !
this should be a learning experience, but it won't be...
From the article,” The department has worked to recruit more minority officers, Hartman said, adding that department’s latest recruiting class has one of the largest number of enrolled city residents in several years. “
I guess that means there will be some Illegal aliens on the force, since New Haven is a “sanctuary city”.
And I have a case of African American fatigue.
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