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DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS IN ALPHARETTA

A series of discrimination claims over the last five years have raised questions of fairness within the Alpharetta Police Department.

According to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation, seven former police officers with the department and one currently employed have filed claims against the city with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the past five years.

You need to read the full investigation for context, but these are some of the complainants’ stories:

• David Garcia, who is Latino, filed an EEO charge of racial discrimination after he was terminated in 2023, alleging he was harassed by management. Garcia told the AJC he was fired without an investigation.
• Maurice Bradford, a Black Alpharetta officer, said he was demoted from detective in 2020 while some white colleagues got lesser punishments for infractions like planting a recording device in a wellness room at the department or receiving a DUI and multiple suspensions.
• A former officer who didn’t wish to be named said she was the victim of sexual harassment from a colleague who made repeated comments about her Asian heritage and suggested...

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