...The marks against Gaudelli began to mount when, as an officer at the West End station, he said he responded to a domestic violence call at the home of [Police Chief Robert] McNeilly and his wife, police Cmdr. Catherine McNeilly...CITY POLICE OFFICER SUES HIS BOSSES, CLAIMS
Jim Mckinnon, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)
June 4, 1999
[Excerpts] A Pittsburgh police officer has sued his bosses in federal court, charging that they have retaliated against him for doing his job, which he said has included filing complaints against other officers. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Edmond N. Gaudelli Jr. names as defendants Mayor Murphy, Deputy Mayor Sal Sirabella, police Chief Robert McNeilly, Deputy Chief Charles Moffatt, several assistant chiefs, commanders and sergeants, a doctor at the training academy and an internal investigator, among others. Gaudelli, 32, a police officer since 1990, says in the suit the defendants had conspired to retaliate against him since 1996, when he filed a grievance against several officers, including a complaint that opposed the appointment of McNeilly as police chief... The marks against Gaudelli began to mount when, as an officer at the West End station, he said he responded to a domestic violence call at the home of McNeilly and his wife, police Cmdr. Catherine McNeilly. Gaudelli said in the complaint that McNeilly had told him to phone his supervisor and have records of the call removed from the running sheet... Gaudelli says the department has denied him training that would have led to promotions or better assignments. Instead, he says in his court complaint, he has been reprimanded at every turn and bounced from zone to zone, finally being assigned to menial tasks at the Warrant Office, Downtown. On assignment at a store in Waterworks Mall, Gaudelli said, he was disciplined again because he tried to arrest Officer Cindy Harper for shoplifting. Gaudelli said Harper's husband, Assistant Chief Nate Harper, intervened and then was part of a conspiracy to have him fired...
