Sheriff's Office Releases Copies of Sexual Harassment Complaints
Two former female deputies claim they were subjected to sexual harassment while on the job.
The Kendall County Sheriff's office has released copies of the sexual harrassment complaints in which two former Kendall County jail guards are suing the Sheriff's Department.
"In response to public requests, the Sheriff's Office is posting the federal court complaints filed by former employees Amber Christoffel-Slaughter and Nicole Porus. Allegations that the Sheriff's Office tolerates any form of harassment are absolutely false," reports the Kendall County Sheriff's Facebook page.
The two former employees, Amber Christoffel Slaughter and Nichole Porus, claimed they were forced to change in a co-ed locker room in front of male co-workers and claimed in the lawsuit the men frequently commented on their undergarments and general appearance. The two women reported the comments to their supervisors who reportedly did nothing, the lawsuit said.
The Beacon News reported Slaughter said she was forced to resign. The paper said in the lawsuit Porus claims co-workers made false claims about her insubordination and she was fired in June 2009.
Copies of the claims can be seen in the attached PDF documents.
David Edelman
9:25 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Once again, more bad news and deeply troubling. One thing is very clear here - one side or the other is not telling the truth at all and making all of this up. We will hopefully get this sorted out through the courts and not on the patch or the papers and learn what really happened. The public deserves the truth as these allegations are very serious and troubling. I hope more people pay attention and get involved here. Either way it is time for a change in leadership at the Sheriff's department.
Jeri
9:33 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Facebook? Really! That does not make any sense.
Lance Stevens
10:29 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
how many times have you seen the Oswego PD in the news for anything similar to this? NEVER!!
Jeff Law
10:50 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Well you do not see it at Yorkville, Plano or Montgomery. I am sure they will say " we provide training" and " we have an open door policy." This is an example of a lack of leadership and professionalism. Seems the Sheriff is out of touch with his employees.
Renee A
11:02 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Really getting tired of this. Enough is Enough. Can't some other police agency come investigate the Sheriff.
gater
11:42 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
wouldn't that be the states atty? or the county board ?
mike ellison
11:25 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The issue of how they even handle the locker room allocation should be very telling. It seems ridiculous if they don't either have a separate area for the men and women, or allow for different times for the locker room to be used. If the policy was to have the men and women change together then that pretty much would sum up what was going on there.
Walt Hines
11:37 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
It cost us how much last time something like this happened? So when these young ladies win or they settle out of court the taxpayers will be flipping the bill once again. I wonder if we can sue the sheriffs department to get our money back.
Posting on facebook is flat out WRONG! Talk about giving the impression they are guilty. Time to take facebook down and leave this alone already!
Smokingdiesel
11:54 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Jeff Law, your comment is stupid, the second in command in Yorkville was fired and charged,not that long ago for stealing painkillers from the evidence room and shaking people down for pills, how's that for a lack of leadership and professionalism!! A junkie was the ast police chief!! Haha kendall county is almost like Chicago as far as corruption and cover ups, and WE the tax payers have to settle thaes law suits that come far to often!
Daisy Doe
12:04 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
I'm pretty sure that releasing this information hasn't helped the image of the sheriff's department. Did they really think that once the public got a look at the information they were going to be okay with it. It sounds very similar to the last law suit. Just the names have changed.
Jeff Law
12:17 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
@Smoking D. I meant sexual harassment lawsuits. I agree, we all lose , we pay for their mismanagement.