NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A high-ranking NYPD civilian employee is suing the department alleging discrimination against black and Latino job candidates.
The suit, brought on by Arabia Jennings, claims the NYPD uses a “biased investigation process” to prevent civil service candidates from working with the force and denies workers time to challenge the decisions made against them.
Jennings says she was forced to work in a rodent-infested storage closet after she voiced concerns about the NYPD’s hiring practices.
Jennings, who is black, supervised the NYPD’s Civil Litigation Unit which reviews recommendations to disqualify civil service candidates from working with the department. She claims “a disproportionate number of African-American and Latino candidates [that] were being disqualified from employment with the NYPD.”
According to the court documents, Jennings said she her responsibilities were revoked after she brought up her concerns and subsequently forced to train a white male replacement and was moved to different units. She landed in an office that was allegedly being used as a storage closet which was “infested with mold, rodents and rodent droppings,” the suit claims.
Jennings first joined the department in 2003 after working for a brief period with the city’s Department of Correction. Through the lawsuit, Jennings wants the NYPD to stop “denying job benefits and opportunities to employees on the basis of race and gender.”
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