A Salt Lake City man has filed a lawsuit, saying his job offer to become an Alaska state trooper was rescinded after he was compelled to disclose he was HIV positive.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Salt Lake City man who says his job offer to become an Alaska state trooper was rescinded after he disclosed he was HIV positive filed a lawsuit in state court Thursday to get his position on the statewide police force and to prevent others from suffering similar alleged discrimination.
Doe "seeks to challenge the constitutionality of the Alaska State Troopers' rescission of a job offer based on his being a person who lives with HIV, in light of medical advancements that render HIV status irrelevant to a person's ability to meet the criteria for entry and service at Alaska State Troopers in any capacity," the lawsuit states.
Emails seeking comment sent to the state attorney general's office and the troopers were not immediately returned. Aris Brimanis, the operations manager for Beacon in Anchorage, said the company did not have immediate comment.According to the lawsuit, Doe wanted to be a law enforcement officer since his childhood, where he volunteered at the California Highway Patrol Academy and was an explorer with the local sheriff's office during high school.
At the medical exam, Doe disclosed his disability status as a person living with HIV, the lawsuit said. He also provided to Beacon's nurse practitioner recent lab results and a note from his doctor saying he was able to perform all functions of a trooper without reasonable accommodation. However, the nurse practitioner noted on paperwork that Doe may require an accommodation.
That polygraph was deemed inconclusive. He took another the following day, which he passed with no questions about his medical condition, the lawsuit said.
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