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As Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron runs for governor, his office is fielding serious employee complaints describing “hostile,” “cruel,” “threatening,” and “demeaning” treatment from senior officials under the Republican’s purview—including allegations that one unit director took “zoomed in” photos of a detective’s breast.
While multiple employees have allegedly quit under these conditions, Cameron’s office has taken little if any action in response to the complaints, which The Daily Beast received from a public records request. The one outlier appears to have been the case of the inappropriate photos, in which an investigation found in February that the woman’s supervisor “should be reprimanded” for public intoxication. The office investigated her claims, but appears to have taken no action on her other six allegations.
The woman who brought that complaint—an active-duty detective employed in the office of the attorney general (OAG)—is suing Cameron and his office for employment discrimination, hostile work conditions, and workers’ compensation retaliation, according to filings in Franklin County district court.