HOUSTON A group of former female San Jacinto College Police Department officers claim they faced discrimination and retaliation.
Officer Iesha Holland-Cohn, Officer Diamond Watson, Officer Chonda Williams, Sergeant Shannon Groves and Officer Desiree Trejo filed a complaint May 15 in Harris County District Court against San Jacinto College District alleging discrimination and retaliation.
The plaintiffs, who were employees of the San Jacinto College Police Department, claim that they suffered from disability, race, color and sex discrimination and retaliation by the defendants and their agents. Specifically, the plaintiffs allege that then Lt. Bruce Caldwell, who is now chief of the San Jacinto College Police Department, and others serving under his command, have a well established track record of discriminatory and retaliatory behavior. Among some of the allegations in their suit are plaintiff Holland-Cohn, an African American female, alleging she was singled out and fac