Labor/Employment
Mar. 28, 2024
LAPD K9 trainer awarded $11.56M for harassment
The plaintiff had worked with the department’s K9 bomb detection unit since 2005 when he was dismissed in 2017 and transferred to a desk job under the supervision of one of his harassers.
A Los Angeles jury awarded $11.56 million to a former LAPD K9 bomb detection trainer who said he was harassed with false allegations by fellow officers and stripped of his position in retaliation for complaining.
Plaintiff Mark Sauvao had been working with the department’s K9 bomb detection unit since 2005 when he was dismissed in 2017 and transferred to a desk job under the supervision of one of his harassers, the lawsuit claimed. Sauvao ...