ST HELENS, Ore. (KATU) — St. Helen's Interim Police Chief Joseph Hogue has filed a retaliation lawsuit against the city's mayor, Jennifer Massey, for allegedly retaliating against him after he reported concerns about the former police chief, Brian Greenway. The lawsuit is asking for economic and non-economic damages in the amount of $501,900.
Hogue's whistleblowing resulted in an internal third-party investigation into Greenway that was partially released to the public in February. It found Greenway had sent text messages to employees containing porn, had falsified training records and dissolved mutual aid agreements with other nearby law enforcement agencies. Greenway was allowed to resign and did not participate in the investigation. Hogue was appointed interim police chief.
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As first reported by the Oregonian, the lawsuit against Massey was filed Monday. It accuses the mayor of colluding with Greenway and attempting to derail the city council's efforts to hire Hogue as the permanent police chief. The lawsuit claims a redacted portion of the internal investigation, released in February, contains information about the alleged collusion between Massey and Greenway.
"When the other city councilors repeated that they wanted to hire Chief Hogue as the permanent Chief of Police, Defendant Massey...
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