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The Dallas Police Department has been named in a federal lawsuit over the treatment of female officers in its fugitive unit.
Filed Tuesday, the suit alleges that two officers in DPD’s fugitive unit were unexpectedly removed from entry teams and barred from taking leads in high-risk apprehension cases after being placed in a “semi-operational role.” When pressed for a reason for the change, male officers said one plaintiff was shifted to a semi-operational role because of her “physical stature,” while another female officer was called “too nice to pull the trigger,” the lawsuit alleges…