Spirit Lake Police Chief Faces Claim

Item: Spirit Lake police chief faces harassment charge /Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d’Alene Press

More here: A former Spirit Lake Police officer claims she was sexually harassed by the police chief. Crystal Sudol filed a notice of tort claim against police chief Patrick Lawless and the city of Spirit Lake May 15 that seeks $5 million on grounds that the chief created a “hostile working environment for females in the police department, and did harass, batter and assault (Sudol) while she was employed,” according to the claim. The claim states that Spirit Lake should have known Lawless “had a proclivity to sexually harass female employees with whom he came into contact.” It also states that Spirit Lake Mayor Todd Clary “failed to take swift and appropriate” action against Lawless when it investigated complaints of misconduct in the police department because of a friendship between the two officials.

Question: Have you ever been harassed in any way in the workplace?