PHILADELPHIA – After a trial lasting one week, a jury has ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit.
Two former police officers whose gender discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit led Philadelphia’s police commissioner to resign won a $1 million verdict against the city.
A federal jury on Tuesday found that Cpl. Audra McCowan and Patrol Officer Jennifer Allen endured a hostile work environment that included being put in undesirable jobs, with changing shifts, after they raised sexual harassment complaints.
Two former police officers whose gender discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit led Philadelphia's police commissioner to resign won a $1 million verdict