Reverse discrimination charged against UNM police brass

THERE S MAJOR TURMOIL TONIGHT WITHIN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO POLICE DEPARTMENT TWO LONGTIME OFFICERS HAVE FILED REVERSE SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS AGAINST THREE OF THEIR SUPERIORS — INCLUDING THE POLICE CHIEF SHELTON DODSON HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT COMBINED THE TWO OFFICERS HAVE 24- YEARS EXPERIENCE AT U-N-M AND THEY DIDN T PULL ANY PUNCHES WHEN THEY MADE THEIR CLAIMS THEY WENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS AN ARGUED THEY ARE BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY BECAUSE THEY ARE STRAIGHT AND THREE OF THEIR SUPERIORS ARE GAY IT S A SITUATION THAT S BEEN BREWING INSIDE THE U-N-M POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2006 AND LAST YEAR LT MICHAEL YOUNG AND COMMANDER JAMES DANIELS HAD ENOUGH AND FILED THESE COMPLAINTS WITH THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LT YOUNG CONTENDS HE IS BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE HE IS STRAIGHT AND THAT THE POLICE CHIEF KATHY GUIMOND IS GAY YOUNG SAYS HIS JOB AS ADMINISTRATIVE LIEUTENANT WAS TAKEN FROM HIM AND GIVEN TO THIS MAN LT PATRICK DAVIS WHO IS ALSO GAY YOUNG ALSO CLAIMS ANOTHER GAY SUPERIOR — COMMANDER DEBBIE KUIDIS — ALONG WITH LT DAVIS WERE GIVEN HIGHER EVALUATION RATINGS BY CHIEF GUIMOND AND THUS GREATER PAY RAISES DAVIS PAY IS NOW COMPARABLE TO YOUNG S EVEN THOUGH DAVIS HAS BEEN THERE FOUR YEARS COMPARED TO YOUNG S 11 KUIDIS WHO IS A FORMER A-P-D DEPUTY CHIEF — HAS BEEN WITH U-N-M FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS BUT HER PAY RAISE PUTS HER ON PAR WITH FELLOW COMMANDER JAMES DANIELS WHO S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 13 DANIELS WHO IS ALSO STRAIGHT ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT EARLIER THIS MONTH THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT CONCLUDED IT S INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND RULED THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE YOUNG AND DANIELS ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEX AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION NEXT THE OFFICERS CAN HAVE A HEARING BEFORE THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT OR WAIVE THAT HEARING AND FILE A CIVIL LAWSUIT THAT DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE THE UNIVERSITY DID ISSUE A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART THE CLAIMS ARE IN THE EARLIEST STAGES AND THERE HAS BEEN NO FINDING THAT ANY DISCRIMINATION OCCURRED ADDING THE UNIVERSITY HAS GREAT CONFIDENCE IN ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT I SPOKE WITH LT PATRICK DAVIS WHO RESPECTFULLY DECLINED COMMENT ON THE CASE AND TOLD ME HE WOULD EXTEND OUR OFFER FOR AN INTERVIEW TO CHIEF GUIMOND AND COMMANDER KUIDIS NEITHER WOMAN CONTACTED US TO PROVIDE THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY REPORTING FROM THE NEWSROOM SHELTON DODSON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR D-W-I AND DRUG SUSPECTS WHO SKIPPED OUT ON