By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org
When Alexandra Drake reported that her superior in the New Boston Police Department was sexually harassing her, that he had a “rapability” scale for female drivers he stopped, and that he forced her to add lies to a police report, she was placed on leave, investigated, and then put on the state’s confidential Laurie List for police officers with credibility problems.
“I’ve been around the police business for about 35 years now and this list, the way it is done, is at best a waste of time and money, and at worst an upside down and misleading document,” said Tony Soltani, Drake’s attorney.
Drake was awarded $160,000 in 2018 as part of a settlement agreement with New Boston. She’s since left New Hampshire and has resumed her law enforcement career in another state. When the opportunity arose to challenge her placement on the Laurie List recently, Drake opted to move on, Soltani said.
“She left the state, she had enough,” Soltani said. “She’s working in another state and they agreed with her that what New Hampshire did was terrible.”
Last week, New Hampshire’s Attorney General’s Office released a partial Laurie List, also known as the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule, that included Drake’s name.
The list as released under a new law is incomplete, however. The only officers placed on the public list were those who had 90 days to file a lawsuit in Superior Court to argue to have their names removed and chose not to file suit.
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