“Often times if you make a complaint, there is retaliation. Supervisors aren’t keen on trying to extinguish disagreements until they have escalated. And there is no avenue to resolve issues with a supervisor,” an anonymous officer said in the report.

Another added, “There is a process in place, but I do not trust it. I feel like some people are immune to punishment or consequence and if you work directly for one of those people, keep your mouth shut.”

“When applying for posted positions and training, if more than one Black officer applied for a job that has multiple open slots, only one Black officer would get selected and the other one would be told to wait until the next posting,” a third stated.

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