Crime & Safety
Judge to Review Black Ex-BHPD Officer's Performance Records in Dispute
In his lawsuit, the former officer said that one BHPD superior said there are too many Blacks and "thugs" in Beverly Hills.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — A judge says he will review the personnel records of a Black former Beverly Hills police officer who contends he was forced to resign in 2021 due to harassment from other officers and supervisors.
In his Los Angeles Superior Court complaint, plaintiff Daryl Glover also alleges that one boss said there are too many Blacks and "thugs" in Beverly Hills who make the city look like a ghetto, and that some officers wondered how he got a job with the BHPD.
The city filed a motion asking that their attorneys be allowed to review Glover's work performance records, stating in their court papers that perusing them is essential to the city's defense against Glover's allegations. On Monday, Judge Lynne Hobbs granted the first step in the city's request by stating she will review the records in chambers at a date still to be set.
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"Defendant has shown good cause for the documents sought and plaintiff has filed no opposition," the judge wrote.
After the review, the judge will decide which documents, if any, the defense will be entitled to review while excluding any irrelevant information, according to her ruling.
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Glover's suit filed in February 2023 alleges discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The complaint states that Glover is a former LAPD officer who left that department on good terms and that some supervisors there urged him to stay. Glover joined the BHPD in December 2020.
Glover maintains his supervisor berated him for asking questions and that the boss left in a patrol car for long periods of time while the supervisor ran personal errands or ate lunch.
"Every time Mr. Glover went to work at BHPD, he would have stomach aches or painful migraine headaches from the stress due to his mistreatment," according to the suit, which alleges that the plaintiff worked for a time as a security guard after leaving the BHPD.
Glover has since returned to being an officer with the LAPD, despite one or more BHPD employees providing the LAPD with negative, false information about the plaintiff during the application process, the suit states.
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