A former Los Angeles Police Department commander was awarded $5.7 million Wednesday in her lawsuit against the city and the LAPD, in which she alleged that she was fired in retaliation for taking a stand against the alleged preferential treatment of male members of the department when it came to misconduct involving alcohol.
Former Cmdr. Nicole Mehringer was found passed out and drunk in a police vehicle that crashed into a parked car while she was accompanied by a subordinate in 2018 in Glendale. She contended that by being terminated, she was treated more harshly than male counterparts involved in similar situations while under the influence.
A Los Angeles Superior Court panel deliberated for about 90 minutes on Wednesday before reaching its verdict. The award includes $3.75 million to compensate Mehringer for past and future loss of reputation and emotional distress.
In 2024, Mehringer’s attorneys filed a motion asking Judge Theresa M. Traber to examine the 2018 transcript of the plaintiff’s December 2018 Board of Rights hearing to determine whether retaliation was indeed the actual motivation to fire Mehringer. Traber granted the motion.
The City Attorney’s Office maintained in its court papers that the hearing transcript had no “materiality” to Mehringer’s case.
The Board of Rights hearing concluded with Mehringer being found guilty of being drunk in a public place, allowing an intoxicated subordinate to operate the plaintiff’s city-owned vehicle as well as failing to cooperate with police during her arrest and booking, the suit stated.
Mehringer pleaded guilty to failing to disclose to the department that she was involved in a romantic relationship with a subordinate, the suit further stated.
Former LAPD Chief Michel Moore was among the witnesses testifying during the trial.
So she gets a windfall and becomes a millionaire for being a drunk on the job.
Boy California really is the place you wanna be because anyone can be a millionaire. If you’re uncrupulous enough.
Why not just make even punishment as the men? What was the reasoning of her deserving That much money? Was she really suffering that much as a woman emotionally?
She is an alcoholic if she can’t control herself , especially as a professional police officer on the job to not drink or off job to point up and intoxication, then she shouldn’t have been a cop.
So she won all that money.Because the men didn’t get the are?
So hire her back and the lawsuit is null & void .
Frivolous law suits are a joke.
Where is that money coming from?
Frivolous lawsuits are not exclusive to CA. Just look at how many trump has filed in his life.
What was Moore’s testimony?? Please explain how he lied. That’s the story.