FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – The National Park Service has outlined a series of reforms in response to a federal report that found employees at the Grand Canyon preyed on their female colleagues and retaliated against them for refusing sexual advances.
The agency’s Intermountain Region director, Sue Masica, says employees will be disciplined appropriately and she’ll push a message of zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
Thirteen current and former Grand Canyon employees filed a complaint in 2014 alleging a 15-year pattern of abuse in the Grand Canyon’s river district. That prompted an investigation by the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General.
Masica says the behavior is unacceptable and wants to prevent similar situations from happening again.
She set tight deadlines for sweeping changes in a response to the federal report this week.