Hill Air Force Base official removed for undermining sexual harassment claims
Special counsel calls out ‘egregious conduct’ by head of equal opportunity office.
(Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo) This Sept. 8, 2017, file photo shows a line of F-16 airplanes at Hill Air Force Base. The director of Hill's Equal Opportunity Office has been removed for 'egregious' conduct in mishandling and stifling sexual harassment claims at one of Utah's largest employers.
| Dec. 24, 2020, 7:03 p.m.
The director of Hill Air Force Base’s Equal Opportunity Office has been removed for discouraging sexual harassment complaints, including telling victims inappropriately that their claims — which were later proven — “wouldn’t carry any weight” and “wouldn’t go anywhere.”