Tiffany Anderson – Brenham Police Department
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Police Officer Tiffany Anderson
Tiffany Anderson of Brenham, formerly known as Tiffany Dahlquist.
Will Officer Tiffany Anderson be the next officer to sue the city of Brenham? She sued a police agency in Kansas.
Officer Tiffany Anderson, in an alleged hit-and-run, resigns
A Wichita police officer allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident was initially fired because the Police Department found she lied about how much she drank that day.
She was hired back and reinstated four days after her firing.
The attorney for Officer Tiffany Anderson says she “is herself the victim of police misconduct.”
On Sept. 11, 2016, a 17-year-old driver called 911 to report that another car sideswiped her car near 13th and Maize and that the driver refused to pull over. She phoned in a description of the car and the driver and the license tag, which police traced to Andersons, records show.
According to the EEOC complaint filed by Tiffany Dahlquist Anderson, it began with a false report. On Sept. 11, 2016, “an individual filed a false police report claiming that Ms. Andeson made contact with her car while they were both driving, and failed to stop,” the complaint said. The Eagle is not identifying the driver of the other car because she was a minor.
Her father gave this statement in response to claims that his daughter made a false report: “I would like to say that my daughter was the victim of a hit and run accident on September 11, 2016. She called 911 immediately after and gave a description of the vehicle that made contact with her vehicle, the license tag number, and a description of the driver.
There was an issue over the amount of Anderson’s alcohol consumption on her day off. A police sergeant compiled a report – with unrecorded statements – paraphrasing Anderson as indicating that she had one drink. In the internal investigation – using a recorded interview done four days after the alleged accident – “she stated she had three (3) drinks and two (2) shots.”
Officer Tiffany Anderson sues the Department for Discrimination, Judge Tosses the Case Out
Wichita, Kansas – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Wichita police officer who alleged she was discriminated against after a hit-and-run crash.
Tiffany Dahlquist Anderson sued the city and two Wichita police officials last year. Said she was treated differently because of her gender after a teenager reported that Anderson had hit her car and didn’t stop in September 2016.
The Wichita Eagle reports Tiffany Anderson denied sideswiping the girl’s car.
Tiffany Adeson eventually resigned. She said her work environment became hostile after the Eagle reported allegations that the department covered up details of the collision.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree dismissed the case, saying Anderson’s complaints didn’t show a plausible claim for relief.
Tiffany Anderson
WICHITA, Kan. – A former Wichita police officer is suing the city and two police officials for sex discrimination.
Tiffany Anderson, who was a patrol officer for six years, alleges in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the department discriminated against her after a teenager reported that Dahlquist hit her car and didn’t stop in September 2016.
The Wichita Eagle reports Dahlquist denied hitting the car and prosecutors declined to file charges, citing a lack of evidence.
She was fired in February 2017, but three days later, that decision was overturned and she was reinstated.
Spokesman Charley Davidson said the police department doesn’t comment on pending litigation.
Born Tiffany Lisa Dahlquist, July 21, 1987, in Brenham, Texas.
Tiffany Anderson Brenham police officer.
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Prosecutors declined to file a criminal charge against her, finding a lack of evidence, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit by Tiffany Anderson names as defendants the City of Wichita, City Manager Robert Layton, Police Chief Gordon Ramsay, and Police Detective Lance Oldridge.
Police Accountability
Police Accountability entails holding both individual officers and law enforcement agencies accountable for delivering effective crime control services and maintaining public order.
What is Police Misconduct or Abuse of Power?
Police misconduct can manifest in various ways, making it difficult to identify, particularly in high-pressure situations. Examples include excessive force, unlawful arrests, and the abuse of inmates. Broadly defined, it is any inappropriate or unreasonable action by an officer during their duties that infringes upon an individual’s constitutional rights (Civil Rights Litigation Group, 2024).
Police misconduct or abuse of power may include (Civil Rights Litigation Group, 2024):
Unlawful stops that violate the Fourth Amendment: You have the right to refuse unreasonable searches, including during police stops. For the police to stop you they must have a valid reason and reasonable suspicion that a crime or traffic violation has occurred. If you have not committed a crime, you have the right to continue on your way.
Racial profiling or discrimination that violates the Fourth or Fourteenth Amendments: When an officer searches, stops, or arrests you based on your race, they are violating your civil rights. It is also a violation of your civil rights for police to stop you due to your gender, sexual orientation, or other characteristics.
Unlawful search or seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment: The Fourth Amendment gives citizens freedom from unreasonable intrusion by the government, including the police. Unlawful searches can happen when an officer searches your vehicle, home, or you without probable cause. If an officer asks to search your property or you, you have the right to say no.
First Amendment
First Amendment suppression or retaliation: The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, press, and speech, to assemble or petition and to record law enforcement while they are performing public duties. If law enforcement attempts to suppress your verbal expression or retaliates against you due to something you have said, they may be violating your civil rights.
If law enforcement charges you with a crime as a means of harassment, in an attempt to justify police misconduct or to ruin your reputation, they are violating your civil rights. They may also violate your rights by creating false information to create probable cause to justify your arrest or seek a warrant for your arrest.
Deadly force or Prison Abuse in violation of the Fourth or Eighth Amendments: When someone dies due to excessive force or other misconduct by law enforcement one of the worst civil rights violations occurs. This may involve anything from illegal shooting to denying an inmate access to medical care or abusing an inmate.