12-05-2009, 11:39 PM
Former Hallandale officer again suing city
Mary Hagopian says police chief violated settlement agreement
By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel
December 3, 2009
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A former Hallandale Beach police officer who last year received a $250,000 settlement from the city in a wrongful termination suit is again suing the city.
In a complaint filed this week in Broward Circuit Court, former Officer Mary Hagopian accuses police Chief Thomas Magill of reneging on the settlement agreement by badmouthing her to Wilton Manors Police Chief Richard Perez, who hired Hagopian last year. Part of the settlement agreement forbids Hallandale Beach officials from making disparaging remarks about Hagopian and required that they limit their responses to questions about her employment with the city.
Perez fired Hagopian in March and immediately sent an e-mail to Magill stating: "You are entitled to say 'I told you so.' "
The suit also alleges that city officials have failed to comply with several public records requests filed by Hagopian's attorneys, who are seeking more than $500,000 in damages and court costs.
City attorneys could not be reached for comment Friday.
Mary Hagopian says police chief violated settlement agreement
By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel
December 3, 2009
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A former Hallandale Beach police officer who last year received a $250,000 settlement from the city in a wrongful termination suit is again suing the city.
In a complaint filed this week in Broward Circuit Court, former Officer Mary Hagopian accuses police Chief Thomas Magill of reneging on the settlement agreement by badmouthing her to Wilton Manors Police Chief Richard Perez, who hired Hagopian last year. Part of the settlement agreement forbids Hallandale Beach officials from making disparaging remarks about Hagopian and required that they limit their responses to questions about her employment with the city.
Perez fired Hagopian in March and immediately sent an e-mail to Magill stating: "You are entitled to say 'I told you so.' "
The suit also alleges that city officials have failed to comply with several public records requests filed by Hagopian's attorneys, who are seeking more than $500,000 in damages and court costs.
City attorneys could not be reached for comment Friday.