ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) – A US District Judge has rejected an Ithaca Police Officer's allegations that the city had discriminated against her based on her sexual orientation, and retaliated once she complained.

In February 2017, Officer Sarah Crews filed a federal lawsuit saying the Ithaca Police Department discriminated against her based on her gender identity and sexual orientation. In the complaint, Crews, who is a lesbian and identifies as gender non-conforming, said she was worried about female prisoners making false sexual abuse allegations against her after she conducted searches, according to The Ithaca Journal. The lawsuit alleges some supervisors filed notices of insubordination and other coworkers retaliated against Crews after she told superiors she felt, based on her sexual orientation, the policy of female officers searching female suspects, and male officers being delegated to search male suspects, failed to recognize and protect LGBTQ officers and individuals.

Crews has been suspended for roughly a year and a half. Crews had said the city was seeking to terminate her as retaliation for her complaints; however, according to a statement released Thursday by Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick, the intent to terminate Crews was due to “severe misconduct on the job”.

According to the decision handed down by US District Judge Mae D'Agostino, some of Crews' alleged misconduct included “yelling and swearing at superior officers on numerous occasions; unlawfully arresting a minor; numerous citizen complaints of rudeness and unnecessary confrontations; rudeness with County dispatch personnel; passing a stopped school bus with its red lights flashing, then demeaning the crossing guard who complained about it; failing to render assistance to fellow officers, including a life-threatening situation; telling a female prisoner she was about to search that she (Crews) is a 'bull d*ke'; and repeatedly making threatening comments to officers and supervisors”.

The decision goes on to say Crews admitted to “much, if not all, of the underlying conduct” and that the aforementioned conduct “certainly violated the Department's rules and regulations”.

The Judge continues, saying, “Although an individual certainly has the right to object to treatment he or she believes to be discriminatory, those objections do not entirely insulate that individual from discipline when they repeatedly violate the rules and regulations of the employer.”

Mayor Myrick ends his statement, saying, “The City and its Police Department continue to value diversity amongst IPD Officers, and works to foster a respectful and welcome environment for all.”

As required by the labor contract outlined by the Police Benevolent Association, Crews has received over $166,000 in salary and benefits throughout her year and a half suspension.

You can read the judge's entire decision below: