After federal lawsuit claimed group of female deputies with the Harris County, Texas constable's office were abused and harassed $1.5 million settlement is to…
A Texas county has agreed to pay a group of female deputies $1.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed they were abused and harassed when a constable's office turned undercover operations into a drunken “playground for sexual exploitation.”
Harris County commissioners approved the settlement Tuesday, three years after the women alleged that as rookie deputies in a constable precinct in Houston, they were subjected to unwarranted touching and kissing, molestation and sexual ridicule during their work in a human trafficking unit.The lawsuit alleged that undercover “bachelor party” sting operations were supposed to ultimately arrest those behind sex trafficking businesses.
Constables are elected positions in Texas, and constables and their deputies have the same powers of a city police officer or sheriff’s deputy. They can investigate, arrest and use force if they suspect criminal activity.Sign up for NBC DFW newsletters“It’s been a long road. My clients are happy to have this in the rearview mirror. It’s been an honor to represent such amazing people,” said Cordt Akers, an attorney for the women.
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