FAIRPORT, N.Y. -- The Village of Fairport Police Department and one of its former officers are facing off in court over a claim of discrimination.

"Fairport we believe it to be a safe place, it's supposed to be a family friendly place too," Scott Mooney, with Boylan Code LLP said. "But in this case it certainly wasn't to our client."

Mooney's client is Kristy Ostrovsky. She was the first female patrol officer on the Village of Fairport's Police Department.

"Everything is going well up until the point that she asks for a light duty accommodation because she's pregnant," Mooney explained.

In a 13-page civil suit filed against the department and the village, a timeline of alleged discriminatory events are laid out.

It began in October of 2014. Ostrovsky asked late police Chief Maureen Chisholm if she could go on "light duty." Subsequently, she was put on sick leave until the department figured out what to do. Two weeks later, Ostrovsky was told her light duty work wouldn't start until she signed a memorandum of agreement

"It says in sum and substance that you're going to waive any future right to have a light duty accommodation and this isn't setting a precedent for you or anyone else," Mooney said.

It's alleged during a meeting in November in regards to the MOA, that Village Manager Bryan White said to Ostrovsky, "to be happy with the situation at work because she was the one who decided to become pregnant and could no longer work the road."

"She had the light duty assignment from November to February and she didn't have her child until May," Mooney said.

After the light duty assignment ended, Ostrovsky was told to take her 12-week FMLA leave or she would be fired.

Ostrovsky filed a charge of discrimination with the New York State Division of Human Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC dismissed the charge.

Fairport Village Manager Bryan White said in part, "The Village is secure in its handling of this matter and willingness to go above and beyond what was required in an effort to assist Mrs. Ostrovsky during her pregnancy and feel confident this complaint will come to the same conclusion as that of the EEOC’s." 

White also added Ostrovsky didn't waive any rights for future accommodations, it was written in the MOA to preserve management rights.

"The fact of the matter is no one else in the village or the police department was asked to sign something like this when they asked for a light duty accommodation," Mooney said.

Ostrovsky never returned to the police department.