Michigan woman Shalandra Jones awarded $40,000 after police officer berates her for being HIV positive

A woman will receive $40,000 in compensation after being verbally abused by a police officer when she told him she was HIV positive.

Shalandra Jones was pulled over in the city of Dearbo, Michigan in 2012 for a minor violation.

The incident was initially fairly routine, with officer David Lacey discovering her medical marijuana licence had expired.

However when Lacey discovered that Ms Jones was HIV positive his tone changed significantly.

He complains that he has been touching her earrings, claiming that he ‘doesn’t want to catch anything’.

‘I don’t want to catch that s***, I’ve got a family’, he can be heard saying.

Officer Lacey also told Ms Jones: ‘Honestly, if it wasn’t for that, I don’t think I would have wrote anybody for anything.

‘But that kind of really aggravated me. You know what I mean? You got to tell me right away because at that time, I wasn’t wearing any gloves.’

The marijuana charge against Ms Jones was dropped, however she was awarded the sum after the incident.

Officer Lacey reportedly still works for the Dearbo Police Department and faced no disciplinary action.

Here is the police video of the incident: