January 26, 2009
Source: Boston Examiner
Wire Service: AP
http://www.examiner.com/a-1816447~Orthodox_Jewish_cop_settles_with_Vegas_department.html
An Orthodox Jewish police detective will get $350,000 from the Las Vegas police department to settle a lawsuit after he was prohibited from having a beard and wearing a yarmulke.
Liesl Freedman, the department's attorney, said Monday that plainclothes Detective Steve Riback will be allowed a neatly trimmed beard no longer than one-quarter inch.