The complaints said the department has “continually engaged in actions that reinforced the 'good ole’ boy’ system, where it is acceptable for Caucasian men to engage in conduct, even if it violates policy, without being held accountable." By contrast, the lawsuits allege, African American women and Hispanic males are "subjected to punitive measures, adverse and hostile treatment, and put out of work for being rumored to have been engaging in actions that Caucasian males and females were openly engaging in.”