ALMA POLICE CHIEF KENDRA OVERLA HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY AS WELL AS FORMER ALMA OFFICIAL PHIL MOORE, FOR DISCRIMINATION. THE LAWSUIT, ALLEGES SEVERAL INSTANCES OF DISCRIMINATION BY THOSE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY GOVERNMENT. COMPENSATION FOR LOST WAGES, BENEFITS AND MORE ARE BEING SOUGHT FOR THE CITY VIOLATING THE EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES OVERLA’S SEX WAS A FACTOR IN THE DECISION TO DENY HER COMPENSATION.
