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| Commission Rules Against Female Officers in Discrimination Case |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/23/2003 |
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The Maine Human Rights Commission has ruled that the Lincoln County jail can require female officers to work night shifts to ensure that a woman is available to conduct strip searches of female prisoners. Three female officers at the jail filed a complaint after the jail administrator initiated a policy mandating that at least one of them be on duty for each of three shifts. The commission voted 3-2 Monday in favor of the jail. Commissioners said the rights of the officers are outweighed by the jail's need to have a female officer on duty to comply with state regulations that require searches to be conducted by officers of the same sex. The officers had argued they were being discriminated against because they couldn't use seniority to choose their own shifts. |
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