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New York Passes Bill Prohibiting Sex Between Police Officers and People in Custody

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On Thursday, New York state lawmakers passed a bill to prohibit police officers from having sex with people in custody.

NY Senate Bill S7708 establishes that a person “under arrest, detention, or otherwise in actual custody” is incapable of consenting to sexual contact with a person “who is responsible for effecting the arrest of such person or maintaining such person in detention or actual custody; or knows or reasonably should know, that such person is under such arrest, detention or actual custody.”

According to the bill, state law had previously prohibited sexual contact between corrections and parole officers and people in their custody but had not specifically mentioned police officers.

The bill is in response to a woman’s claims that last September, two NYPD officers arrested her and separated her from her friends, took turns sexually assaulting and raping her in their unmarked police van, and then released her with no arrests or paperwork filed. BuzzFeed reported on the story in depth in early February.

DNA from the victim’s rape kit matched the two cops, who both admitted there had been sexual contact but have maintained it was all consensual. The two cops have been indicted on first-degree rape charges; both have pleaded not guilty and are currently awaiting trial.

This situation ignited a national discussion regarding consent when one party is in custody of the other or when one party holds such power over the other.

More stories alleging law enforcement sexual misconduct have since come out. A New York court officer admitted in February that in October 2016, he told a woman that her boyfriend’s case would get thrown out if she performed a sex act on him. He resigned from his position in February.

BuzzFeed reported yesterday:

There is no such thing as consensual sex between a law enforcement officer and a person under law enforcement custody custody. It is beyond unacceptable that police officers would be able to engage in sexual behavior, consensual or not, with people under arrest and even more so while on the job; it is beyond disturbing that police officers could have believed otherwise or would not have realized such behavior constituted severe abuse of power.

Hopefully other states will quickly follow New York’s example.

The views expressed here are those of the author and do not represent those of any other individual or entity. Follow Sarah on Twitter: @sarahmquinlan.

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Source: https://www.redstate.com/sarahquinlan/2018/03/31/480693/


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    • Rockledge

      You mean to say that all along it has been ok for cops to screw suspects?

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