Another B.C. Mountie has come forward with damaging allegations against the national police force.

Cpl. Elisabeth Couture has filed a lawsuit against her superiors, complaining harassment pushed her to take stress leave.

In court documents filed Dec. 1, Couture alleges the trouble started when she was promoted to the RCMP's Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Service in 2009. The unit consists of a team of corporals stationed throughout B.C. who are responsible for coordinating and training police officers in dealing with drugs and organized crime.

Couture claims contact between co-workers was discouraged, all conversations between colleagues had to be approved in advance by management and was warned against so-called "rumour-mongering."

Emails, phone calls monitored

The documents go on to say "chit chat" was strongly discouraged, and Couture was asked not to extend morning greetings beyond a basic "Hello." Couture also claims she was called "too wordy" and told to communicate with her superiors in one minute or less.

She claims she was discouraged from leaving the office for lunch unless she went with a superior, discouraged from drinking socially and says her emails and phone calls were monitored.

At one point, Couture alleges, she was told how other corporals not conforming to the unit's expectations were disciplined —and "understood the conversations as a threat."

Couture says the atmosphere of "fear and control" pushed her to the breaking point, and she started experiencing "daily symptoms of anxiety and panic upon arriving at work, including heart palpitations, sweating and clammy hands." The documents say she had to breathe deeply in order to calm herself before entering the office.

The documents say Couture went off duty sick on Sept. 15, 2010, after experiencing "a panic attack and high anxiety while en route to work," and say she remains off duty and is unlikely to return.

The RCMP has not yet filed a statement of defence.

Harassment not tolerated

Last month, several B.C. Mounties came forward with allegations of harassment inside the force.

Both Catherine Galliford and Krista Carle told CBC News they were subject to sexual harassment at the hands of their superiors.

Galliford also made several claims about the investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton, saying the investigators were indifferent.

The claims prompted Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and new RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson to ask for an investigation into harassment allegations at the national police force.

Paulson warned RCMP supervisors to deal swiftly with allegations of harassment involving female officers.

Paulson said blatant harassment won't be tolerated, and he wants supervisors to take quick action to deal with allegations of improper treatment of female staff in their detachments.