A former Albuquerque Police Department detective was awarded over a million dollars by a district court judge yesterday, after she sued for the department’s failure to make allowances for her disabilities from injuries she sustained while on the job.
Former APD Detective Teresa Romero, and two other women filed lawsuits under the state’s Whistleblower Protection Act and Human Rights Act. The court found that Romero, who was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder related to her work, was injured during her work at APD Sex Crimes Unit.
“Romero suffered from mental impairment as a result of secondary PTSD and anxiety that constituted a serious medical condition and a mental disability as defined by the [Human Rights Act],” Second Judicial District Judge Nancy J. Francini wrote in a ruling September 22. “Romero’s disability was caused by her work for APD.”
According to the ruling, Romero first sought counseling after she experienced a trauma “trigger” during a reality-based training exercise in 2016 where she was required to shoot and kill a male suspect. She started hyperventilating and could not breathe. Those specific trainings are pass/fail.
According to Romero, none of her supervisors suggested that she seek mental health treatment, and there was no psychologist or therapist at the training for officers experiencing such symptoms. It was only after a fellow employee suggested she seek behavioral health therapy in the summer of 2017 that Romero sought assistance,...
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