Tenn. Chief Retaliated Against Accusers, Lawsuit Alleges
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.—Four current and one former employee with the Austin Peay State University (APSU) campus police have filed five separate federal lawsuits against the school and its chief of police, claiming that the chief retaliated against officers who reported sexual discrimination within the department.
The five workers said they were subjected to a hostile work environment after assisting with a 2008 internal university investigation that concluded Chief Lantz Biles engaged in sexual harassment, according to court documents. One of the officers was terminated after coming forward as a witness.
Biles is accused of making disparaging comments about his female officers and treating them differently than their male counterparts, reports TheLeafChronicle.com.
The chief was directed to get training in sexual harassment awareness for inappropriate jokes and discussions with employees in 2009.
All five plaintiffs asked for a trial and seek unspecified damages.
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