Teresa Williams thought she had landed her dream job in Iron Mountain, Michigan, becoming the first female officer in the history of the rural town's police department.
But she was relentlessly harassed and assaulted during her 4½ years there and ultimately resigned, according to a federal lawsuit she filed last month against three Iron Mountain officers.
Named as defendants are the department’s top two supervisors, Ed Mattson, the director of police and fire services, and Joseph Dumais, the deputy director of police services.
Garth Budek, Williams’ former patrol partner, is the third officer named as a defendant.
The Police Officers Labor Council, the union that represents Iron Mountain officers, could not be reached for comment Thursday.
It was that type of spirit that led her to be a police officer in a department of only men, Williams said.
“I would love to be able to go back and be a police officer. »