A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Vice President Kamala Harris during a scuffle with a co-worker earlier this week has filed a $1 million sex discrimination lawsuit against the city of Dallas while working as a police officer.
Michelle Herceg was relieved of her duties on Wednesday after exhibiting erratic behavior and assaulting a superior officer as she awaited Harris’ departure from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Monday.
According to the latest news reports, in December 2016, Herceg, who was then a senior corporal with the Dallas Police Department, filed a complaint with the city, claiming that she had been “targeted and treated unfavorably because she was a female police officer.” A complaint has been filed against him. From the Dallas Morning News.
Officials confirmed Thursday Herceg’s identity and her role in the lawsuit against her former post.
according to real clear politicsHerceg became even more furious after arriving at Joint Base Andrews on Monday morning and began deleting apps from male agents’ personal cell phones.
According to the paper, Herceg began talking to himself, hid behind a curtain, threw sanitary napkins and other items at another staff member, and told co-workers: “Listen to God because you’re going to burn in hell.” “There is a need,” he said.
RCP said when the special agent in charge relieved her of her duties, Herceg shoved him, tackled him and punched him. She quoted her source as saying that she was “absolutely pissed.”
In a 2016 lawsuit, Herceg accused Dallas police of retaliation for reporting sexual harassment and other misconduct.
When Herceg was allegedly assaulted by a male superior in May 2015, she claimed:[i]According to the Morning News, intimidation tactics were used as an investigative tool to persuade Herceg to seek criminal redress against the officer who assaulted him.
The complaint also alleges that after reporting the alleged assault, Herceg was not allowed to return to the Special Crime Reduction Team and was denied after-hours patrols, causing him “stress and emotional distress due to loss of compensation.” are doing.
Herceg further stated that the DPD has “tolerated unprofessional behavior, such as fraternization and workplace relations between non-professional men and women, based on the atmosphere that male police officers are in charge, regardless of rank or ability.” “There is,” he accused.
A Texas court rejected Herceg’s case, and an appeals court denied her appeal in 2021 and a request for a rehearing the following year.
Hercek did not respond to The Post’s inquiries Thursday.
The Morning News reported that Herczek is an Air Force veteran who joined the Dallas Police Department in September 2008.
