Two female Dallas police officers are suing the Dallas Police Department over claims they were discriminated against over their gender.

What we know: Officer Meredith Leftwich and Senior Corporal Kimberly Howard of the Dallas Police Department are suing their employer over what they call discriminatory reasons.

Their federal lawsuit states the department downgraded four female officers from the Fugitive Unit in 2025, changing their status from "operational" to "partially operational." The suit claims Leftwich and Howard were downgraded based on the fact that they were women, citing quotes from trainers discussing Howard's stature as "simply her size." Trainers claimed another woman was "too nice to pull the trigger," according to the suit.