ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The City of Abilene is slated to settle a whistleblower lawsuit from a former employee who claims she was retaliated against for reporting illegal activity.
Court documents from the lawsuit filed in September 2020 reveal a former Abilene Police Department employee alleged the “Chief of Police retaliated against her for reporting [the City of Abilene’s] violation of statutes and regulations enforced by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
The lawsuit argues this employee should be considered a whistleblower under the Texas Whistleblower Act, which is designed to protect public employees who report illegal conduct. Under this law, public employees are allowed to report any perceived violation of the law to appropriate authorities without fear of being terminated, suspended, or otherwise punished at work.
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This case involves the Abilene Police Department’s training academy, where the whistleblower was employed. The academy is licensed through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, and in order to maintain that status, they are required to have an advisory board that is at least a third comprised of members of the public.
In November 2019, the whistleblower employee emailed TCOLE to inquire about the status of a board member. This caused TCOLE to become aware that the Abilene Police Department’s training academy had several board members that were not...
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