The punishment for Rosa Gonzalez, now a deputy, came after she accused department officials of discrimination.
Nearly a month after a tense hour-long hearing at the Hall of Justice to decide the fate of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sergeant accused of spreading 'rumors and/or gossip,” the agency decided this week to demote the woman despite her claims she was attempting to call out misconduct.
In one instance, as she later alleged in her 2022 lawsuit, bureau leaders forced a woman to transfer because they said she was “not young.” They also allegedly hired an applicant because he was attractive and male and later refused to hire another applicant because he was “possibly autistic,” the suit says. Gonzalez accused the bureau’s leaders of committing time card fraud, misusing donated money and conspiring to allow a rising lieutenant to cheat on a promotional exam.
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