The Pittsburgh PD got another, more minor, black eye in the area of its attitude towards women, as a female officer claims she was passed over for off-duty security detail for the Steelers because she is a woman. Her supervisor agrees with her and has also filed a formal complaint.
Is this nearly as serious as the promotion of three officers with abuse allegations in their histories? No, certainly not. And, it appears that neither the department itself nor the Steelers stipulated that female officers could not be used for this detail. Rather, it looks like it was the opinion of the individual officer scheduling the detail, Officer Kevin Head, who decided that he would not schedule women for it.
So, it was not an official action by the department, but to me it is continuing evidence of the old-fashioned, patriarchal attitudes that seem to persist within the ranks of the PPD.
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