Gardena police officer’s badge – Photo: Facebook. A former police lieutenant has filed a lawsuit against the city of Gardena, Calif., claiming he was fired from the force because he is gay and has HIV.
Former Lt. Steven Prendergast, who worked as both an officer and, later in his career, a spokesman for the Gardena Police Department from 1995 to 2019, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that his firing was a form of discrimination based on sexual orientation, as well as disability or medical condition.
He also claims the department failed to prevent on-the-job discrimination and harassment by his fellow officers. In the lawsuit, Prendergast alleges that he was falsely accused of inappropriately touching two fellow
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