SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A former San Diego Police officer is suing the department over allegations of retaliation, wrongful termination and discrimination.
The officer, Allyson Ford, claims SDPD tried to cover up the abuse by another officer, who was her husband at the time.
“I joined the San Diego Police Department at just 16 years old as a volunteer cadet,” Ford said.
After climbing up the ranks for a total of 20 years with the department, she became a detective. She’s no longer with the department, but on Monday, she stood in front of it alongside her attorneys to share her story publicly for the first time.
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She said she believed in SDPD. “But in April 2020, my belief was shattered because I reported a senior male officer had committed crimes,” Ford said.
She said in April 2020, she called police to her own home in Escondido, reporting felony domestic violence, DUI, harassment, threats and blackmail by her husband, who was an SDPD sergeant at the time.