According to research from Bowling Green State University , police officers in the US were charged with forcible rape 405 times between 2005 and 2013.
The BGSU researchers compiled their list by documenting cases of sworn nonfederal law enforcement officers who have been arrested.
But the 2016 federally funded paper, " Police Integrity Lost: A Study of Law Enforcement Officers Arrested ," says the problem isn't limited to sexual assault.
"There are no comprehensive statistics available on problems with police integrity," the report says, and no government entity collects data on police who are arrested.
"I have to think it's a much worse problem than my data suggests," said Stinson, himself a former police officer.
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"If a police officer is arrested for having fondled a DUI suspect in a jurisdiction, that affects all officers.". »