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Nov. 22, 2008

Jury Awards $3.6 Million To Demoted Police Officer

A police officer has won a $3.6 million jury award after he claimed that he lost salary and rank and was kicked out of an elite canine bomb squad in retaliation for verbally defending a female officer against alleged sexual harassment.

By Noah Barron
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A police officer has won a $3.6 million jury award after he claimed that he lost salary and rank and was kicked out of an elite canine bomb squad in retaliation for verbally defending a female officer against alleged sexual harassment.

Officer Donald Bender alleged that he defied superiors and coworkers who he said referred to Officer Patty Fuller as "Queen Bitch" and an expletive in 2003 and...

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