Four former employees â including former Fairbanks Police Chief Nancy Reeder â stepped forward to talk about gender-based discrimination in the police department to support the claim of Alana Malloy, who quit and sued the city earlier this week.
Former Detective Malloy, who has worked for the department for 16 years, left the department and filed a complaint Monday, saying that she experienced âhostility and retaliationâ after âstanding up against sexual harassment and discrimination,â according to her resignation letter and complaint filed in Alaska Superior Court.
Reeder and three former officers â Peggy Sullivan, Spencer DeWaele and Alex Wells â reached out to Malloyâs attorney, James Davis, to support Malloyâs claim. The former employees, whose combined experience in the department spans more than 35 years, also spoke about the lack of gender diversity, discriminatory hiring practices and limited professional opportunities for f