Pittsburgh police Cmdr. Catherine McNeilly said today she doubts her successful civil rights lawsuit against the city will stop top officials from retaliating against city employees who blow the whistle on government wrongdoing.

Flanked by her lawyers at a news conference this afternoon, McNeilly spoke for the first time about the $85,000 settlement the city will pay her for emotional and professional damage she suffered as a result of being demoted to lieutenant on Dec. 7, after she made public confidential police personnel records. McNeilly said the city improperly retaliated against her after she protested Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's nomination of former Operations Director Dennis Regan to the post of public safety directory.