Seattle will pay $3 million to a Seattle Police Department (SPD) captain after she sued for gender discrimination and retaliation.

Deanna Nollette was demoted from assistant chief to captain after Adrian Diaz took over as chief in 2022, according to FOX 13 . In the lawsuit, Nollette claimed that Diaz and others excluded women from leadership and opportunities, and that she was eventually moved to the night shift as retaliation.

According to the filing, Chief Diaz allegedly “has a history of misogyny.”

“He is demeaning to women in the police force, articulating his bias that women should not hold leadership positions in the police force,” the lawsuit read, according to KIRO 7, going on to claim that the chief excluded female leaders from command staff social events, and offered travel,

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