Months before Tacoma Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Junger was fired in March, public records show another member of the police leadership team reported that Junger had harassed her and eroded her confidence in her longevity with the department.
Assistant Chief Crystal Young-Haskins made the report to former Police Chief Avery Moore Oct. 24 and then informed the director of the City of Tacoma’s Human Resources department in an email about a month later, claiming Junger had created a hostile work environment and subjected her to unlawful harassment.
Young-Haskins, who identified herself in the Nov. 12 email as a 43-year-old Black woman, said she believed she was subjected to the harassment because of her inclusion in a protected class and that the “unwelcome” environment altered her work conditions substantially…