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phill4paul
12-13-2013, 08:15 AM
UF study: One quarter of female drug offenders report experiencing police sexual misconduct

Published: December 12th, 2013
Category: Gender, Health, Research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida survey suggests that police misconduct against female drug offenders may be more pervasive than previously thought.

The survey of more than 300 St. Louis-area women who had been charged with substance-abuse violations found that 25 percent of the respondents reported experiencing police sexual misconduct in the form of trading sex for favors.

It is believed to be the first systematic study to assess sex trading between police officers and female offenders from the women’s perspective. The findings appear online ahead of print in the American Journal of Public Health.

“It’s important that the police force acknowledges that sexual misconduct may exist among the force, so that it can be stopped and eventually prevented,” said lead investigator Linda B. Cottler, a professor and chair of the department of epidemiology in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College of Medicine.

In 2009, 1.3 million American women were incarcerated or under correctional supervision, up from 600,000 in 1990, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Previous research has shown that female offenders have higher rates than the general female population of physical or sexual abuse as a minor, childhood household dysfunction and adolescent pregnancy.

Data for the UF study on police sexual misconduct were gathered as part of the Sisters Teaching Options for Prevention, or STOP, project, led by Cottler while she was on the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. Funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, STOP was an HIV prevention study conducted from 2005 to 2008 to reduce high-risk substance abuse and sexual behaviors among women in drug courts. Prior to beginning the study, researchers conducted focus groups with women in a medium-security institution.

“During our conversations the women revealed that their sex partners included police officers and it wasn’t a long time ago, it was happening quite recently,” said Cottler, the associate dean for research and planning at the College of Public Health and Health Professions. “These focus groups formed the basis for the addition of a dozen or so questions that we inserted into our study questionnaire.”

The study involved 318 participants, age 18 or older, who were under the supervision of a probation or parole officer for a non-violent offense. Study recruiters were stationed in two St. Louis-area drug courts during dockets that included women charged with substance-related violations. The women completed surveys led by trained interviewers with information collected on demographics, drug-use history, psychiatric disorders, stressful life events and experiences with police sexual misconduct.

One quarter of study participants reported a lifetime history of police sexual misconduct. Of those women, 96 percent said they had sex with an officer on duty, and 24 percent reported having sex with an officer while the officer’s partner or another officer was present. Only half said they always used a condom with an officer. Fifty-four percent of the women said the officer offered favors in exchange for sex, such as to avoid arrest or being charged with a crime, and 87 percent said officers kept their promises. About one-third of the women who had experienced police sexual misconduct characterized the encounter as rape.

Women who were unemployed, had multiple arrests, adult antisocial personality and lifetime use of cocaine and opiates were at highest risk of trading sex with an officer.

The researchers stress that police sexual misconduct is likely perpetrated by a small number of officers and not by a large proportion of officers. They noted that because of the unequal distribution of power between an officer and a female offender, sex trading should never be considered consensual.

“This study is a call to action for law enforcement, and we need the law enforcement community to understand the vulnerability of women trying to change their high-risk behavior,” Cottler said. “We must have an open dialogue to address this issue through policies and trainings.”

Further research should look at the extent of police sexual misconduct among other populations, the researchers said.

Research reported in this news release was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health under award number 1RO1–NR09180.

http://news.ufl.edu/2013/12/12/police-misconduct/

tod evans
12-13-2013, 08:24 AM
Heroes, one and all....:mad:

mrsat_98
12-13-2013, 08:32 AM
Thank State, the officers where OK.

Ronin Truth
12-13-2013, 08:34 AM
Probably only the cute ones. 1/4 seems about right.

Origanalist
12-13-2013, 08:34 AM
The researchers stress that police sexual misconduct is likely perpetrated by a small number of officers and not by a large proportion of officers.

It's always just a few bad apples..........

tod evans
12-13-2013, 08:37 AM
Probably only the cute ones. 1/4 seems about right.

^^^^^^^^^Relevant! ^^^^^^^^^

dannno
12-13-2013, 08:40 AM
Probably only the cute ones. 1/4 seems about right.

Yes, if you're a police officer, if you pull over an attractive female you get to have sex with her 100% of the time. Or maybe 25% of the time, if you only pull over attractive females :confused:

tod evans
12-13-2013, 08:42 AM
Didn't you ever wonder why there's so few pretty women doing time for drug offences?

phill4paul
12-13-2013, 08:48 AM
It's always just a few bad apples..........

Going by the study there are 1.3 million women in incarceration. So, about 350,000 possible accounts of police sexual misconduct. Those few bad one's sure are gettin' busy.

juleswin
12-13-2013, 08:49 AM
Yes, if you're a police officer, if you pull over an attractive female you get to have sex with her 100% of the time. Or maybe 25% of the time, if you only pull over attractive females :confused:

Having sex will be rape, sexual harassment is more like cupping a feel or maybe not waiting for the female officer to arrive and instead opting on doing the cavity search yourself. Gotta remember, safety comes first.

But still gotta figure that number is still a bit high, I worked at a nursing home and you cannot believe how much the women throw out "he touched me" to get out of getting up early or taking their bath.

tod evans
12-13-2013, 08:50 AM
Going by the study there are 1.3 million women in incarceration.


How many are free due to immoral/unethical cops?

I don't suppose that's a statistic that'll ever be known....

Red Green
12-13-2013, 08:53 AM
Hey man, don't hate on the playa, hate on the game ya know.

Pig's gotta rut, know what I mean?

Red Green
12-13-2013, 08:53 AM
How many are free due to immoral/unethical cops?

I don't suppose that's a statistic that'll ever be known....

Those are the ones that refused to give a blow job or go for some backdoor sex.

pcosmar
12-13-2013, 08:59 AM
Probably only the cute ones. 1/4 seems about right.

How many don't report it?

mrsat_98
12-13-2013, 12:56 PM
http://news.ufl.edu/2013/12/12/police-misconduct/

Maybe we should flood homeland security with human trafficking complaints and attach a copy of this.

Philhelm
12-13-2013, 02:05 PM
I'm assuming that the other 3/4 aren't attractive enough for such a sweet deal.

Edit: Someone beat me to it.

Ronin Truth
12-13-2013, 02:15 PM
How many don't report it?

Yep, that one occurred to me too. Don't have a clue.

phill4paul
12-13-2013, 04:35 PM
Lakeland police disciplines three over handling of investigation
The Associated Press

Published: December 11, 2013 | Updated: December 12, 2013 at 07:14 AM
LAKELAND – A Lakeland Police sergeant and two dispatchers were disciplined for how they handled the investigation of an officer in a sexual battery case, the police department announced Wednesday.

“I have the highest expectations of all employees at the Lakeland Police Department to provide professional services to our citizens, said Police Chief Lisa Womack. “In this case we did not meet those expectations. I hold myself accountable for ensuring these matters are properly addressed. Community safety is always our highest priority.”

During the investigation into the case, authorities learned that the victim and a friend made several phone calls to the department’s communications center about the sexual encounter with Officer Julio Pagan.

Doug Brown, who was sergeant for a week at the time, had left a voice message and tried calling the victim but never followed up. Authorities said he should have gone to the location if he could not reach either of them by phone. Brown received a workday suspension.

Christina Jordan, an emergency communications specialist, was given a 72-hour suspension and mandatory training for not typing in all her notes about the calls. She was also heard chuckling during one call. Another dispatcher, Jessica Henry, was required to take counseling.

Pagan was charged in September with armed aggravated battery by a law enforcement officer and armed aggravated stalking. Officials said the allegations were not part of the ongoing sexual misconduct scandal that has plagued the department.

http://tbo.com/ap/national/lakeland-police-personnel-disciplined-for-handling-of-investigation-20131211/


Lakeland police advisory panel makes recommendations
TBO.com staff

Published: October 21, 2013 | Updated: October 21, 2013 at 09:41 AM
A citizens panel charged with looking into recent scandals at the Lakeland Police Department presented its final report to the city commission this morning.

The Lakeland Police Advisory Committee made several recommendations to improve the department but did not suggest that Police Chief Lisa Womack or City Manager Doug Thomas be fired.

The 21 recommendations call for better police communications with the media and state attorney’s office, an audit by outside experts, a survey of city employees and improvements in the human relations department.

The committee met Friday to make final changes to the 15-page report before today’s presentation.

The 10-member panel, appointed by Mayor Gow Fields in June and chaired by area businessman Bruce Abels, has met 11 times.

“We have studied carefully the mountain of documents, policies, reports and case files that we requested from the City and the Police Department,” the report reads. “We have individually talked to citizens, police chaplains, City employees and police officers. We have read citizen letters (some anonymous) and heard public input. We have heard extended testimony from the City Manager, Chief of Police and other City employees and had hours of conversation and questions with them.”

The committee did not talk to State Attorney Jerry Hill, who has written extremely critical letters about the department and recommended the termination of Womack.

The police department has been rocked by several high-profile investigations, including a sex scandal involving several officers, an officer asking a woman to shake out her bra during a traffic stop, the arrest of an officer on rape charges, reports of retaliatory practices in the human relations department, a report of possible nepotism involving Womack’s nephew and a grand jury inquiry into the department’s handling of public records.

Stay with TBO.com for updates.

http://tbo.com/news/crime/lakeland-police-advisory-panel-makes-recommendations-20131021/