Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dep. Andrew Rodriguez said he suffered retaliation and harassment while assigned to the Industry station.
As a trainee, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Rodriguez said he had a recurring thought while on patrol with his training officer: Oh, man, we’re going to end up in federal prison.
Sheriff’s officials denied the allegations, but on Friday, a jury in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom sided with Rodriguez, awarding him $8.1 million and concluding that he faced “severe and pervasive” harassment after protesting illegal orders.“They killed his career,” Alan Romero, Rodriguez’s attorney, told jurors before they began deliberating late Wednesday afternoon.
The Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that it is disappointed in the verdict and plans to “vigorously appeal” the decision. He pointed to another incident he said still haunts him. Arcos, he said, threatened to have the Department of Children and Family Services remove a woman’s children when the woman refused to help her contact a man she wanted to question.
Rodriguez was later reassigned to another training officer who was immediately hostile and told Rodriguez that he was friends with Arcos, Rodriguez testified.
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