Twinsburg settles public records lawsuit with fired police officers

The City of Twinsburg has settled a lawsuit filed by a group of police officers over allegations of sexual harassment, records tampering and retaliation.

Officers Daniel Fidoe, Olivia Bartulovic and Matthew Pfeifer filed the lawsuit in April 2024, alleging Police Chief Thomas Mason allowed sexual harassment to “run rampant” in the department, falsified police records to keep his family members’ names out of police reports and did not fill records requests related to the lawsuit. The city fired all three officers in the following months, which the officers claimed was retaliation for the lawsuit.

“It’s not really about the settlement for them nearly as much as it is about getting the truth out,” their lawyer, Brian Bardwell, said…

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