--- description: She allegedly committed "workplace harassment" chairing a police-oversight commission title: Rachel Dolezal Investigated for Ethics Violations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd635789044784e/6988548b428a9e3dc6ccdb5f/rachel-dolezal1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Race](/tag/race/) ## Race Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rachel Dolezal Investigated for Ethics Violations by [Katy Osborn](/author/katy-osborn/) ## Katy Osborn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 8:38 PM CUT  Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, poses for a photo in her Spokane, Wash. home, on March 2, 2015 Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, poses for a photo in her Spokane, Wash. home, on March 2, 2015Colin Mulvany—AP by [Katy Osborn](/author/katy-osborn/) ## Katy Osborn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 8:38 PM CUT The newly resigned NAACP chapter president who has been accused of misidentifying her racial identity allegedly committed ethics violations while chairing a police oversight commission, according to a report published Wednesday. Independent investigators hired by the city to look into recent whistle-blower complaints about three members of the city’s police ombudsman commission, including Rachel Dolezal, found instances that involved her regarding “workplace harassment” and concluded the 37-year-old outed citizens despite a confidentiality agreement. “There were multiple occasions at open public meetings, that were recorded, where names of complainants were discussed in the open and they should have been confidential,” city council president Ben Stuckart told [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/us-usa-race-washington-idUSKBN0OX2EW20150617 "undefined"). Among the report’s findings, Dolezal was accused of manipulating meeting minutes, exhibiting a “bias against law enforcement” and behaving “via email, in-person interactions and in public meetings, in a very rude, disrespectful and degrading manner.” The new allegations, expected to be discussed by the council on Thursday, come two days after Dolezal resigned from her NAACP position following a scandal that erupted over her race. A white couple has claimed Dolezal as their daughter, brought up in a family with adopted siblings who are black; on Tuesday, she broke her silence in an interview to say she self-identifies as black. _Read next:_ [_Rachel Dolezal Says Caitlyn Jenner’s Story ‘Resonated’ With Her_](http://time.com/3924077/rachel-dolezal-caitlyn-jenner-interview/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3924862/rachel-dolezal-ethics-violations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3924862/rachel-dolezal-ethics-violations/"},"headline":"Rachel Dolezal Investigated for Ethics Violations","datePublished":"2015-06-17T20:38:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:17:55.606Z","description":"She allegedly committed \"workplace harassment\" chairing a police oversight commission","url":"https://time.com/3924862/rachel-dolezal-ethics-violations/","keywords":["Race"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd635789044784e/6988548b428a9e3dc6ccdb5f/rachel-dolezal1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katy Osborn","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katy-osborn/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd635789044784e/6988548b428a9e3dc6ccdb5f/rachel-dolezal1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NAACP Leader Racial Questions Rachel Dolezal","caption":"NAACP Leader Racial Questions Rachel Dolezal","creditText":"Colin Mulvany—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/race/","name":"Race"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3924862/rachel-dolezal-ethics-violations/","name":"Rachel Dolezal Investigated for Ethics Violations"}}]}] ```