Roseville Cops: We Were Targeted For Being Gay (CA)

[Kadie]

Feb 19, 2010 6:06 pm US/Pacific
Roseville Cops: We Were Targeted For Being Gay

ROSEVILLE (CBS13) ― Three police officers within the Roseville Police Department say they tried for two years to get the city to stop widespread discrimination against gay officers and other perceived as gay, but it didn't work. So now, they're suing to stop it and let everyone know about it.

Roseville Police Sergeant Darin Defreece, Officer Ken Marler and former Officer Michael Lackl have filed a 31 page lawsuit, claiming members of the command staff at the Roseville Police Department have zero tolerance for any officers who are openly gay, or perceived as gay.

"The department really tries to have this clean cut image, but once you get within the department, it's ugly," says Joy Rosenquist, the officer's attorney.

Marler is the only officer who's openly gay, and Lackl and Defreece are both bisexual, and married to women.

Defreece alleges in the lawsuit that a supervisor said he was gay and that his marriage was a sham, and was only entered into for the purpose of advancing in the department.

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