EPD employee files civil suit against city

A Eureka Police Department employee has filed a civil suit against the city of Eureka and City Manager David Tyson alleging that the city deliberately prolonged and diluted an investigation into her complaints of harassment, allowing the harassment to continue unabated for more than one year.

[Anonymous]

"She claims the harassment rendered her 'totally disabled as far as EPD employment is concerned.”' "

THEN GO GET A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE!!

Quit trying to cash in on this situation so you won't have to work anymore. Find another agency, find another line of employment, whatever. Get over yourself- not everyone was trying to sleep with you.

[animal farm]

And the EPD gets smeared again by the Slime Slandirt. All you people ever write about is local scandles and pot. I am fed up with the garbage coming out of this newspaper or should I say tabloid journal. Who will cover the SLime's ass when it's own infidelities are revealed?

[Anonymous]

animal farm wrote:

And the EPD gets smeared again by the Slime Slandirt. All you people ever write about is local scandles and pot. I am fed up with the garbage coming out of this newspaper or should I say tabloid journal. Who will cover the SLime's **** when it's own infidelities are revealed?

It's not exactly just a scandal when someone is bringing about a lawsuit against the city manager for 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS. The money brought it to a whole new level.

[Regular Reader]

animal farm wrote:

And the EPD gets smeared again by the Slime Slandirt. All you people ever write about is local scandles and pot. I am fed up with the garbage coming out of this newspaper or should I say tabloid journal. Who will cover the SLime's **** when it's own infidelities are revealed?

Why read this paper then if it bothers you so much? Try sfgate.com instead. That is the SF Chronical - a real newspaper and not an Associated Press hbighlight. This paper is run by the Media News Group out of Denver. They also own the Tri-City Weekly. When the Tri-City was owned by Ron P. he treated his employees with dignity and respect. Not so with Media News Group. m They even closed down the Tri-City's building and had them move in with the TS.

Again, if you think this paper is so bad, just don't read it. End of story - move on. Whny torment yourself?

[Regular Reader]

Anonymous wrote:

"She claims the harassment rendered her 'totally disabled as far as EPD employment is concerned.”' "
THEN GO GET A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE!!
Quit trying to cash in on this situation so you won't have to work anymore. Find another agency, find another line of employment, whatever. Get over yourself- not everyone was trying to sleep with you.

That is probably what the EPD would want her to do. Maybe she loves what she does. If you quit your job around here, there is no gaurantee that you will be hired somewhere else. She will be well known and be "blacklisted." I know what that is like. This is a real small town. Where I grew up after a lenghty military career, this place wouldn't even warrent a dot on the map. It's small town politics here. Nobody will want a perceived "trouble maker" on their staff. The members of the CoC and the Rotary and the Ingamar club all talk and they are the "shakers and movers" of this little community that is dieing on the vine. As they say, "don't rock the boat." I am in her camp. People need to know that they can't treat people the way they do in some places and if she wins and gets the millions of bucks - let that be a lesson.

[Nothin 2 see here]

You could beat me, scream at me and rape me for hours on end for 1,400,000$!

[anonymous]

Incredible that some of the respondents to this
article don't understand the gravity of the
situation. Allegedly David Tyson sexual harassed
an employee and failed in his duty to enforce
the law. He should be put on administrative leave
immediately. From previous observations, he should
not be representing the city and his employment
should be terminated. He has shown no leadership.

[Jeffrey Lytle]

One point from the "face value" of this article that is most definately true - government does prolong and delay processes - many types of processes - everyday upon many citizens. It is collusion, conspiracy, fraud, etc.....(in ever-expanding cases, situations) as they decide how to "cover their asses" in whatever the issue is which causes the public officials to prolong and delay their re-actions to the situation rife with now compounding problems. Oh, the pain!

Jeffrey Lytle
McKinleyville - 5th District

[Anonymous]

Why, why, it sounds like another episode of Carnellian Cove! Let's all get writing.

[lolman]

Eureka has no dollars for community development, but $1.4 million for a lawsuit. THANK YOU TAXPAYERS!! LOL

[reader]

Go Tawnie go!

The Tawnster is just revealing what a Peyton Place Eureka City government truly is. And the problems don't end at that level.

There is a vortex of incredible evil that permeates throughout society on the North Coast and it is amazing how it it enabled though those most capable and depended upon by the rest of us to terminate such behavior.

I had higher hopes for Mr. Tyson but if Tawnie's allegations prove to be factual, then the one person I truly feel sorry for is Mr. Tyson.

[Anonymous]

Dave Tyson should step down immediately

[reader]

Anonymous wrote:

"She claims the harassment rendered her 'totally disabled as far as EPD employment is concerned.”' "
THEN GO GET A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE!!
Quit trying to cash in on this situation so you won't have to work anymore. Find another agency, find another line of employment, whatever. Get over yourself- not everyone was trying to sleep with you.

Maybe you ought to go educate yourself on employment law. Everyone is entitled to a safe work environment free from a threatening environment that includes, physical, racial, sexual, mental, emotional harassment.

No one deserves what she was forced to endure to maintain her employment.

But thanks all the same for revealing just how clueless you are to the reality of the matter.

[someone stole my name]

If Ms. Hansen's allegations that Tyson failed to properly investigate her claim of sexual harassment, then he should resign. I work at another public agency and the head of the agency witnessed another employee demonstrating a sexual act in a vulgar manner and did nothing whatever about it. The employee's supervisor was there as well. A good laugh was had by all - well, unless you count me. I got disgusted with the three of them and found another job, but not all of us can find another job.

[reader]

Regular Reader wrote:

<quoted text>
That is probably what the EPD would want her to do. Maybe she loves what she does. If you quit your job around here, there is no gaurantee that you will be hired somewhere else. She will be well known and be "blacklisted." I know what that is like. This is a real small town. Where I grew up after a lenghty military career, this place wouldn't even warrent a dot on the map. It's small town politics here. Nobody will want a perceived "trouble maker" on their staff. The members of the CoC and the Rotary and the Ingamar club all talk and they are the "shakers and movers" of this little community that is dieing on the vine. As they say, "don't rock the boat." I am in her camp. People need to know that they can't treat people the way they do in some places and if she wins and gets the millions of bucks - let that be a lesson.

Regular reader, it's obvious who you are.

Type your manuscript on Word before posting, or learn how to spell Ingomar.

[someone stole my name]

Now I think about it, every time I have seen or heard about a man sexually harassing a woman, the man gets a slap on the wrist if anything, and the woman has to find a new job or retire. When a woman did something (view a porn site at work), she was fired. The main differences in the cases are that the woman didn't DO anything to anyone, she just exhibited poor judgement and broke a rule. The men certainly DID something to someone or many someones. Same old game, new century.

[Jeff E]

Anonymous wrote:

Dave Tyson should step down immediately

Yeah right, convict & execute him with no proof other than one person's word. A person who is obviously a disgruntled former employee. Out for blood & money she sounds like to me.

And this supposed "harrassment" she received from Tyson meant nothing to her until later when she realized she might get money from it.

[once again]

once again the lawless cops in this town are costing us money.

[harassed]

Having been a victim of workplace verbal harassment, as well as viewing a lot of unabashed comments on various threads of this forum and other non moderated forums that I have visited, I can relate to this former EPD employee situation of being "permanently disabled" at working a particular workplace. In my case, I happen to be fortunate enough to land much better employment fairly quickly, even with my former employer's various attempts at "blacklisting" me.
Some employers tend to overlook/ignore/mistreat/step on the very persons who they depend on the most when gazing off/reaching for their lofty goals.

[Nothing to see here]

The dollar amount was intended to be salacious. Anyone can sue anyone else for any amount a lawyer is willing to write down on a piece of paper. That doesn't establish either truth or its probability. It simply denotes someone looking for a big payday. Whether or not she gets it remains to be seen.