A $1 million complaint against the city of Dallas for gender discrimination was previously filed by a Secret Service agent assigned to guard Vice President Kamala Harris, who got into a fight with her coworkers earlier this week. On Vice President Harris' security detail, the agent was recognized as Michelle Herczeg, a 43-year-old woman.
After acting erratically and hitting a higher-ranking officer while waiting for Harris to leave Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Monday, Herczeg was relieved of her job on Wednesday, according to the Washington Examiner. It has come to light that Heczeg sued the city of Dallas in 2016 on grounds of gender discrimination.
Herczeg reported incidents of sexual harassment by her coworkers in the Dallas Police Department, and the complaint alleges that she was subjected to retribution. In addition, she said, as reported by the Dallas Morning News, that she was not given the chance to rejoin a crime reduction team because she had accused a senior officer of assaulting her in May 2015.
Legal records from 2021 show that Herczeg sued the city of Dallas, claiming wrongful termination, discriminatory retribution, aiding and abetting, and gender discrimination.
In the first case, it was said that the department encouraged male officers to be in charge, regardless of rank or aptitude, and that this led to the acceptance of unprofessional conduct, including fraternization and inappropriate male-female working relationships.
Herczeg allegedly started removing applications from a male agent's personal mobile phone when he first arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Monday morning, according to RealClearPolitics, before becoming more agitated.
Menstruation pads and other objects were thrown at another agent, and Herczeg resorted to hiding behind curtains and cursing to herself, the site said. It is said that she warned her coworkers they were "going to burn in hell" and that they had to "listen to God."
The special agent in command is accused of punching, shoving, and tackling Herczeg when she tried to remove him from the task, according to RealClearPolitics. As stated by a source cited by RCP, Herczeg "snapped entirely" throughout the proceedings.
In September 2008, Herczeg began working for the Dallas Police Department, and in 2015, he was promoted to senior corporal. She was in the Air department for eight years before she joined the police department.
Herczeg, who placed in the top five percent of her class at the police academy, went on to further her law enforcement education in order to specialize in drug detection. After reporting the alleged attack, Herczeg says she was not given the chance to re-join the North Central Crime Reduction Team.
According to the complaint, Herczeg and her family suffered "stress and mental anguish" as a consequence of not being paid for extra patrol duties. Herczeg filed a case, but it was dismissed by a Texas court. She then tried to reopen it in 2021, but her pleas were rejected by an appeals court again.
After acting erratically and hitting a higher-ranking officer while waiting for Harris to leave Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Monday, Herczeg was relieved of her job on Wednesday, according to the Washington Examiner. It has come to light that Heczeg sued the city of Dallas in 2016 on grounds of gender discrimination.
Herczeg reported incidents of sexual harassment by her coworkers in the Dallas Police Department, and the complaint alleges that she was subjected to retribution. In addition, she said, as reported by the Dallas Morning News, that she was not given the chance to rejoin a crime reduction team because she had accused a senior officer of assaulting her in May 2015.
Legal records from 2021 show that Herczeg sued the city of Dallas, claiming wrongful termination, discriminatory retribution, aiding and abetting, and gender discrimination.
In the first case, it was said that the department encouraged male officers to be in charge, regardless of rank or aptitude, and that this led to the acceptance of unprofessional conduct, including fraternization and inappropriate male-female working relationships.
Herczeg allegedly started removing applications from a male agent's personal mobile phone when he first arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Monday morning, according to RealClearPolitics, before becoming more agitated.
Menstruation pads and other objects were thrown at another agent, and Herczeg resorted to hiding behind curtains and cursing to herself, the site said. It is said that she warned her coworkers they were "going to burn in hell" and that they had to "listen to God."
The special agent in command is accused of punching, shoving, and tackling Herczeg when she tried to remove him from the task, according to RealClearPolitics. As stated by a source cited by RCP, Herczeg "snapped entirely" throughout the proceedings.
In September 2008, Herczeg began working for the Dallas Police Department, and in 2015, he was promoted to senior corporal. She was in the Air department for eight years before she joined the police department.
Herczeg, who placed in the top five percent of her class at the police academy, went on to further her law enforcement education in order to specialize in drug detection. After reporting the alleged attack, Herczeg says she was not given the chance to re-join the North Central Crime Reduction Team.
According to the complaint, Herczeg and her family suffered "stress and mental anguish" as a consequence of not being paid for extra patrol duties. Herczeg filed a case, but it was dismissed by a Texas court. She then tried to reopen it in 2021, but her pleas were rejected by an appeals court again.
