PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Seven current and former police officers will receive nearly $4 million from a New Jersey town to settle a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit.
NJ.com reports the officers claimed then-chief David Dudeck was “abusive and created a hostile work environment” at the Princeton Police Department.
The officers filed their suit in September 2013, shortly after Dudeck was forced to leave the department.
Two gay female officers alleged Dudeck used anti-gay slurs, and male officers say he would ask them about their sex lives and give explicit details about his own.
The suit alleged that the officers suffered pain and humiliation as well as diminished work duties.
The Princeton Police Department and town officials did not return requests for comment.
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Information from: NJ Advance Media.
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