The Capitol Police discriminated and retaliated against the first Black training leader at the agency’s K-9 unit shortly after he filed complaints about “racially tinged” emails that white officers had written, a labor hearing officer found.
Juan Cobbin, a former sergeant at the department, filed an employment discrimination claim with the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights in 2021, when the Capitol Police removed him from his position and transferred him to a non-K-9 position at the Library of Congress.
The hearing officer sided with Cobbin after a five-day hearing, a decision first made public last month when an OCWR Board of Directors review upheld that conclusion and found it was backed up with “substantial evidence.”
