News Navin Sharma, a Portlander who spotlighted allegations of racial discrimination and retaliation inside the Vancouver police department through a federal lawsuit, died peacefully of pancreatic cancer on Dec. 24, Sharma's family confirmed to WW over the weekend. Sharma, whose case against the Vancouver Police Department resulted in a $1.65 million settlement in September 2008, was 54. Considered ...   More

 Navin Sharma, a Portlander who spotlighted allegations of racial discrimination and retaliation inside the Vancouver police department through a federal lawsuit, died peacefully of pancreatic cancer on Dec. 24, Sharma’s family confirmed to WW over the weekend.Sharma, whose case against the Vancouver Police Department resulted in a$1.65 million settlement in September ...   More

News More trouble ahead potentially for Vancouver's police department. Earlier this fall, WW reported that the City of Vancouver agreed to pay a record-breaking settlement in the wrongful discrimination case of a former Vancouver police officer, Navin Sharma. In that case, the city paid Sharma $1.65 million, the largest reported employment settlement for a single plaintiff in Northwest history. ...   More

News Nobody who read WW's coverage of the Vancouver Police Department's mismanagement of former VPD officer Navin Sharma (pictured above) will be too surprised that other officers are stepping forward with complaints about being harassed. Earlier this year, former officer Chris Kershaw, who spoke up on Sharma's behalf filed [PDF] a wrongful termination lawsuit against VPD. And last month, as first ...   More

News With all the attention focused on the Portland Police Bureau these days, it's easy to forget about all the news roiling the police force in Vancouver. Part of the issue across the Columbia continues to be fall-out from the case involving former VPD police officer Navin Sharma. The city paid Sharma a $1.65 million settlement (a record in the Northwest) for discriminatory labor practices. Officers ...   More