officer jason dement filed a lawsuit. tonight we got both sides of the story. south jersey bureau reporter cydney long joins us from haddon township. >> reporter: the officer suffers from a disease that slowly affects his vision. he told me he wasn't asking for any special treatment from the police department or from haddon township, but what he found that he was allegedly and suddenly getting some special attention which he refused. >> he never wanted to miss a single day of work. >> reporter: 36-year-old police officer jason dement is off the job and suing the police chief for alleged explicit and sexual advances. >> the officer's complaint alleges a string of inappropriate sexual touchings and unwanted sexual comments by his boss. the police chief. >> reporter: the complaint says the chief pinched him and caressed his cheeks, asking him do you want to close the blinds, baby. he says i'm not asking for modified duty for the remainder of my career. i'm simply asking for reasonable accommodation while i seek treatment to defeat this rare disease. he is slowly l