Former Chicago Police Candidates File Lawsuit Citing Discrimination
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two former Chicago Police candidates have filed separate lawsuits against the department for alleged discrimination and unfair dismissal of their applications.
Former Chicago Police Candidates File lawsuit Citing Discrimination
Robert Zieman, the son of a cop, and Carmita Harris, whose married to a cop say in their separate lawsuits the department botched the hiring process and made a conscious effort to dismiss them - without good reason.
After taking the police exam, Harris received an email that said she qualified to enter a lottery for the police academy, pending futher testing, including a drug screening and a psych exam. On the day she reported for academy training a commander told her she'd been accepted by mistake.
Zieman took the police exam and says he was *told* his scores qualified him for the lottery, but never received an official email about the additional tests. He was not allowed to rescheduled the tests and was disqualified from consideration
