With the vote on Jennifer Louis’ appointment as chief pending, some members of the department who spoke with The Times said the information was relevant to Louis’ ability to lead the department effectively.
A pioneering cop, Jennifer Louis is poised to record several historic firsts at the Berkeley Police Department as a gay Asian woman selected to serve as chief. But as she awaits a City Council confirmation vote, a 2017 investigation into sexual harassment allegations has come to light.
Ten current and former members of the Berkeley Police Department interviewed by The Times were split on their views of Louis, with four describing her as having made advances toward younger women in the department, while others say she is a strong leader who is the focus of baseless allegations. An attorney from the Los Angeles law firm Burke, Williams & Sorensen interviewed numerous people in connection with the investigation, according to witnesses who spoke with The Times. They included two other women who alleged inappropriate conduct by Louis. Though they have since left the department, those women spoke to The Times on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal.
The woman said Louis was afraid that if they were to have a relationship and it became public, it would harm Louis’ reputation, according to the woman’s interview for the 2017 investigation. The officer said she declined and told Louis she was not interested in dating people within the department, she told The Times. But, months later, she began to date a fellow officer.
Haney also said that, in a group conversation, Louis spoke about breastfeeding and said, when the baby doesn’t latch on, “she likes to f— around with the nipple, and then she turned to me, ‘You know what that’s like.’” She said: “I don’t have any children. The way I perceived it was because I’m gay or dating a girl ... that’s why she made that comment.”When Louis made her later appeal to the city manager, according to Wilkinson, witnesses painted a different picture.
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