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Both Sides of the Law
At least 93 Milwaukee police officers have been disciplined for violating laws and ordinances they were sworn to uphold. The offenses range from sexual assault and domestic violence to drunken driving and shoplifting. Officers who run afoul of the law often aren't fired or prosecuted, and they are allowed to continue enforcing laws the very laws they have broken.
Tags: police misconduct; police department; discipline; law enforcment
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Abuse of Power
This series is an investigation into former CSUPD Chief Dexter Yarbrough. Before the investigation began, he had been placed on paid administrative leave and this raised suspicion from J. David McSwane. After much research and interviewing, David revealed a number of cases of misconduct by Yarbrough. These cases of misconduct included sexual harassment and other illegal behaviors. After everything was revealed, Yarbrough resigned and now hiring of university officials and police personnel is highly assessed.
Tags: Colorado State University (CSU); law enforcement; education; college; universities; police officer; Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity(OEOD)
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The Fall of Ohio's Attorney General
While top state officials from Elliot Spitzer to Rod Blagojevich fell from grace in 2008, no one was pushed out the door through dogged reporting by the press -- in this case, The Columbus Dispatch -- quite like Ohio's attorney general, Marc Dann. Information from a variety of sources and examination of voluminous e-mails and documents led to stories detailing sexual harassment and a shockingly unprofessional, party-like atmosphere of high-ranking Dann officials, including ribald festivities at the so-called "Dannimal House," the condo where he lived along with a pair of top aides. The Dispatch also broke stories about other misdeeds ranging from questionable campaign expenditures, shaky hiring practices and suspect purchases, as well as a proposed trip by Dann to a "law enforcement conference" in Turkey with his female scheduler. Although her trip, bankrolled by homeland security money, was nixed, the paper documented how Dann called her (on the taxpayers' dime via satellite phone) more often than his wife. Dann, 45, later admitted an affair with the scheduler, 28.
Tags: misconduct; attorney general; Ohio; Marc Dann; resignation; sexual harassment; campaign finance
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State of Denial
A follow-up to their original story about staff sexual misconduct in Illinois prisons, "Captive Victims," "State of Denial" focuses on information recieved from a whistleblower inside the illinois department of corrections.
Tags: prisons; sexual misconduct; department of corrections; Illinois; Missouri
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Rush to Judgment
Without using anonymous or unnamed sources the News & Observer looks at the "phony rape charges" brought against the three Duke lacrosse players. The paper specifically looked at the "prosecutorial and police misconduct"
Tags: Duke; lacrosse; sexual assault; rape; police department; Mike Nifong; Durham; misconduct
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The ABCs of Betrayal
An analysis that "found that Ohio's system to punish rogue teachers is flawed at all levels." Some of their findings include nearly two-thirds of the 1700 educators charged with misconduct were allowed to keep their jobs; districts failed to report bad behavior to state or other districts despite laws requiring them to do so; nearly a quarter of all teachers who physically, emotionally or sexually abused a child still retained their license.
Tags: misconduct; teachers; educators; abuse; convicted criminals; schools; school system; education; Ohio; FOIA;
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Recruiters Sex
For six months, the Associated Press investigated and found that "more than 100 young women were preyed upon sexually by their recruiters. Women were raped on recruiting office couches, assaulted in government cars and groped en route to entrance exams." The AP report said "more than 80 recruiters were disciplined" for this conduct. In addition, the Army, which makes up almost half of the U.S.' entire military, "has had 722 recruiters accused of rape and sexual misconduct since 1996." Those who are disciplined often receive a reduced rank and forfeited wages, but rarely face prosecution. Some of the cases did involve romantic relationships, which were sometimes initiated by the women.
Tags: Armed forces; U.S. military; sexual assault; sexual harrassment; Army recruiters; military recruiters
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A Coach's Secret
Investigating the cause of a women's basketball coach's suicide, the coach's unpleasant history was uncovered. Reports of spousal abuse, a habit of dating former players, and sexual coercion of players were scattered in his past.
Tags: sports; high school; basketball; coach; spousal abuse; sexual misconduct; suicide;
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Captive Victims
KMOV-TV examines prison "staff sexual misconduct" in Missouri and Illinois. In Missouri, prison staffers were having sex with inmates, but even when the misconduct was discovered, there rarely was prosecution. When there was, the sentences were light. Usually the employees were allowed to resign quietly. In Illinois, the offenders were prosecuted, but the state did not report any of the cases to the U.S. Department of Justice, in violation of federal law.
Tags: prisons; sexual misconduct; department of corrections; Illinois; Missouri
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License To Harm
A series that focuses on how the state of Washington has let hundreds of doctors, counselors and others keep practicing despite their sexual misconduct with patients.
Tags: Sexual abuse; sex; doctor; counselor; malpractice; misconduct