A prime Brooklyn cop on the heart of an alleged love triangle performed favorites with one among his precinct girlfriends and then blamed a lieutenant for the press leak concerning the relationship scandal — retaliating by booting her to the lobster shift, a brand new lawsuit alleges.
NYPD Lt. Kamal Roper advised The Publish that the shift change, which included a change from a daytime weekday project to a midnight slot with weekend work, was the final straw for her within the “hostile and disturbing” atmosphere created by police Capt. Frantz Souffrant within the 78th Precinct.
Souffrant garnered headlines in June when he alleged that he, his former girlfriend Detective Ileen Estevez, and Officer Noemi Sierra had been the victims of cyber-bullying within the division, consisting of false accusations of scandalous trysts.
Roper, a 22-year veteran, claims within the go well with that Souffrant gave one of many feminine subordinates, Sierra, comfortable shifts and tried to pad their arrest stats.
Souffrant repeatedly doled out “preferential therapy to feminine officers who haven't demonstrated any abilities or proficiency on the job and obtain positions that they don't seem to be certified for due to having private relationships with them,” reads the go well with filed Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Courtroom.
The lieutenant voiced her concern to Souffrant about his “gender-based favoritism, and the hostile work atmosphere for ladies” in March, however he ignored the grievance, her go well with claims.
Estevez advised The Publish that Souffrant by no means interfered in her profession with the NYPD.
The subsequent month, when information broke of his alleged romantic life contained in the precinct, Souffrant blamed Roper for the leak due to her earlier work on the NYPD’s Inner Affairs Bureau, which knew concerning the claims, and transferred her to the midnight shift, in accordance with the go well with.
It was unclear if Souffrant confronted any inner prices for presumably violating inner insurance policies over the alleged relationships.
Roper additionally claims in her go well with that the supervisor was derelict in his duties as a commanding officer, together with throughout a collection of bomb threats at metropolis faculties in Might.
She stated she tried to succeed in him to no avail and ultimately determined to manage the scene with out her superior, making the robust name to not evacuate the faculties whereas sweeping the buildings for explosives.
About an hour later, Souffrant referred to as Roper, unaware of the state of affairs, “to go over some perceived deficiencies” and hung up on the lieutenant with out route when she advised him of the “very critical state of affairs, respectfully,” the go well with says.
Her lawyer, John Scola, advised The Publish, “Moderately than perpetrating the adversarial actions in opposition to her subordinates, Lt. Roper stood as much as Souffrant and is now vindictively going through the opportunity of being demoted.”
Souffrant couldn't be reached.
An NYPD rep stated, “We are going to assessment the lawsuit if and after we are served.”
Town Legislation Division added that it “will assessment the case.”
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