A former Policewoman has claimed that her career was shattered due to sexual harassment from a senior ranking officer.

And dissatisfied with the Police Service's handling of the matter, she has taken her story beyond Bermuda.

According to Ellen Miller, Bermuda as a whole and the Police Service in particular will suffer a blow when the story is read by thousands in the US, UK and possibly the West Indies.

Former P.c. Miller has accepted an offer from a North American writer to reveal her story.

However, she declined to give the name of the writer or the publication in which the story is to appear.

Mrs. Miller, who quit the Police two years ago after claims that a senior officer was sexually harassing her, told The Royal Gazette that she was not backing down.

"I feel that I have been cheated out of a career,'' she said. "It's been two years and my case still hasn't come up. They keep prolonging it and although I'm tired and fed up I will not be backing down.'' Mrs. Miller said she had to quit the Police after filing a complaint against the senior officer because her health was at risk.

"Other officers stalked me, tried to intimidate me and I was very stressed,'' she said. "The Police doctor told me that the stress was affecting my health.'' She also claims the harassment invaded her personal life, that her phones were tapped and that she was stalked by detectives in the special branch section.

Mrs. Miller has not been employed in the two years since she left the Service.

"I need compensation,'' she stressed. "It's not fair that I cannot work there while he earns a very decent wage every month.'' Ex-Policewoman goes public Frustrated with what she said was Police inaction on the complaint, Mrs.

Miller said the last update she received was that there was no officer of a high enough rank within the Police Service to handle the matter at the moment.

Mrs. Miller said she was told by Police that the matter has been handed over to the Public Service Commission (PSC).

But Judith Hall Bean, secretary to the PSC, was emphatic that the matter would not be heard by them. She told The Royal Gazette that the PSC are the appeal body and as such would not be able to hear the original case.

"In accordance with Police discipline rules, which are very clear on this, the Commission are the appeal body,'' Mrs. Hall Bean said. "If one of the parties wanted to appeal after a decision, who would they appeal to?'' Police Commissioner Jean-Jacques Lemay last night admitted that the PSC would not be handling the matter. He said the investigation was complete and explained that there was only one person left in the Service who can sit as the presiding officer in the hearing.

The officer is currently overseas on a course and is expected back in mid September.

"At that time he will be given this case to be dealt with as a matter of top priority,'' Mr. Lemay said.

Ellen Miller