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| Bad behavior in state workplace costs taxpayers nearly $2M in settlements |
| By bangordailynews.com -John Christie, Matt Drange and Naomi Schalit |
| Published: 12/19/2012 |
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One corrections officer spread a false rumor that the new female officer at the state prison in South Windham was a stripper. Another one called her “Genitalia,” instead of her real name, which also began with a “G.” She was asked by a colleague if he could measure her buttocks. When she said no, he did it anyway. She was asked about her favorite sexual positions and to describe her breasts. When her complaints were not taken seriously, she quit her job and filed sexual harassment and retaliation complaints against the Department of Corrections with the Maine Human Rights Commission, detailing what she said happened to her in a sworn statement. The state settled the case. Cost to taxpayers: $20,000. A beginning state trooper – a male – was placed under the supervision of a male sergeant, who took him on assignments to secluded locations, rubbed the trooper’s inner thigh and talked about skinny-dipping. The sergeant gave the trooper a rug and told him how good it felt to lay naked on it, according to the trooper’s sworn statement. The trooper got a transfer, but the sergeant called him regularly, making comments about penises and oral sex and suggested they take a naked sauna together. The trooper filed a sexual harassment complaint and the state settled the case out of court. Cost to taxpayers: $50,000. Read More. |
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