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LAPD commander fired over drunken incident wins $5.7 million in discrimination lawsuit

LA Times 1 min read 3 hours ago

<p>Nicole Mehringer lost her job after she was caught drunk in an unmarked police car with a male subordinate, but she won a lawsuit against the city alleging that her conduct — while against department policy — was no different from male command staff who routinely flouted rules and got away with it.</p>
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