Officers file sexual harassment suit against former Ambridge police chief
Two part-time police officers filed a lawsuit against the borough of Ambridge and former borough police chief James Mann on Wednesday alleging sexual harassment.
Officers Amanda Brown and Alexis Korol claim they were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment created by Mann, according to the suit.
Mann, 63, was accused of falsifying timesheets while on disability in 2017 and 2018.
Pennsylvania State Police started investigating Mann in March 2018 at the request of Ambridge Mayor David Drewnowski, who had received an anonymous letter detailing Mann’s possible theft. A jury found Mann not guilty of theft by deception and witness intimidation in October 2020.
Paula Reed Ward
WPXI-TV
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Two part-time police officers in Ambridge filed a federal lawsuit against the borough and its former police chief on Wednesday alleging that he repeatedly sexually harassed them and that officials there did nothing to stop it.
Alexis Korol, who began working as a part-time police officer in November 2016, and Amanda Brown, who was hired as a part-time officer in October 2017, both allege that they were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment created by former police Chief James Mann.