A San Francisco Fire Department assistant chief became the third and highest ranking member of the LGBTQ community to publicly accuse the department of discrimination this year.
Assistant Chief Nicol Juratovac, a lesbian, filed a claim of whistleblower retaliation and discrimination against the San Francisco Fire Department and the city s Department of Human Resources March 5. AC Juratovac has become the target of a relentless campaign of harassment and discrimination by department leadership for taking on the good old boys mentality at the SFFD, the claim states. A claim is a precursor to a lawsuit.
Juratovac is asserting that she was retaliated against after exposing cheating on promotion exams, safety violations, and racism in the department as well as for blowing the whistle on what her attorney, Mark P. Fickes, of Cannata O Toole Fickes and Olson, described as a drunken party at a fire station in Noe Valley in 2017.
S.F. assistant fire chief claims she faced discrimination, harassment after taking on good old boys club
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A San Francisco Fire Department assistant chief is considering suing the city’s fire and human resources departments, claiming she was discriminated against and harassed after blowing the whistle on instances of cheating, racism and safety violations within the department.
Lawyers for Assistant Chief Nicol Juratovac, a 23-year veteran of San Francisco’s fire department, claimed the department “embarked on a campaign of harassment and discrimination to punish her for taking on the ‘good old boys’ club within SFFD.”