Following is an excerpt of from a recent Washington Post article.
Research on “police sexual misconduct” — a term used to describe actions from sexual harassment and extortion to forcible rape by officers — overwhelmingly concludes that it is a systemic problem. A 2015 investigation by the Buffalo News, based on a national review of media reports and court records over a 10-year period, concluded that an officer is accused of an act of sexual misconduct at least every five days. The vast majority of incidents, the report found, involve motorists, young people in job-shadowing programs, students, victims of violence and informants. In more than 60 percent of the cases reviewed, an officer was convicted of a crime or faced other consequences.
Former police officer turned professor Phil Stinson conducted a national analysis of more than 500 officer arrests for sexual misconduct over a three-year period. He found that half involved on-duty misconduct and noted that off-duty misconduct is often facilitated by the power of the badge or the presence of an official service weapon. A fifth of arrests involved forcible rape, another fifth forcible fondling.
In a second study, funded by the National Institute of Justice and analyzing more than 6,700 officer arrests nationwide during a seven-year period, Stinson found that half of arrests for sexual misconduct were for incidents involving minors. According to a 2010 Cato Institute review, sexual misconduct is the second-most-frequently reported form of police misconduct, after excessive force.
“Over the years I would see it all,” former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper wrote in his book, “Breaking Rank.” He described cases in which cops fondled prisoners, made false traffic stops of attractive women, traded sexual favors for freedom, had sex with teenagers and raped children. “Sexual predation by police officers happens far more often than people in the business are willing to admit.”
I read a study last year that said that police officers (and other LEO) are 5x more likely than other professions to commit forcible or coercive sex acts or violence against romantic partners. I guess all that power to order people around goes to their heads.
The abuse of power and authority has been going on since the beginning of recorded history. Doesn’t make all cops bad cops. Should have the same respect and common courtesy toward all people. Same with sex offenders, not all sex offenders are bad people either.
Time we all get our head out of our ass and start seeing things for what they are. Stop believing all this sensationalized shit put out by the mainstream media, and social media.
More music, less news and social media. Send lawers, guns, and money.
ANY interaction between civilians and police should be monitored by recording cameras from start to finish. THAT means those police chest cameras should be on CONSTANTLY from the time they come on duty and their output instantly relayed to a central command. OFF DUTY officers called into sudden duty by circumstance should be forced to immediately turn on their cameras-worn off-duty just like their service revolvers.
I ve said before most cops mail or female are cops because there bullies anyway the badge just gives them a way to get away with it. How many firemen do you know that have killed innocent people .