1,000 Police Officers Fired for Sexual Misconduct
According to a new investigation from the Associated Press, over the six years from 2008 to 2014, 1,000 police officers were punished for sexual misconduct. Over half of these officers were punished for sexual assault, the remaining officers were punished for charges ranging from possessing child pornography to having sex while on the job. That’s a terrifying number when you consider that the majority of sex-related crimes are dramatically underreported. As the AP states: The number is unquestionably an undercount because it represents only those officers whose licenses to work in law enforcement were revoked, and not all states take...
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