Angela D. Alsobrooks

abuse-of-office · 2019 · A group of Black and Latino Prince George's County police officers, organized through the United Black Police Officers Association and the Hispanic National Law Enforcement Association, sued the county and several white former police leaders alleging a department-wide culture of racial discrimination, denial of promotions based on race, and retaliation against officers who complained. As County Executive, Angela Alsobrooks oversaw the county's roughly two-and-a-half-year legal defense of the department (the county spent an estimated $17-26 million litigating and settling the case) before the case settled in July 2021. She was not personally named as a defendant, but as the sitting chief executive she publicly defended the county's handling of the litigation and negotiated the terms of the reform package attached to the settlement. · Settled: $2.3 million divided among twelve individual plaintiffs, plus more than $5 million in attorneys' fees paid to the ACLU of Maryland, the Washington Lawyers' Committee, and Arnold & Porter. The settlement also required a package of policy reforms, including new anti-discrimination and disciplinary procedures overseen by the department's Office of Integrity and Compliance.

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