Virginia state Del. Karrie Delaney said she proposed the bill to close a loophole.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A bill to charge law enforcement officers with a Class 6 felony if they engage in sexual relations with a detainee has unanimously passed both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly.
Del. Karrie Delaney said she proposed the bill to close a loophole.
Virginia law currently states that employees of correctional facilities or jails cannot have sexual relations with someone in their custody. But Delaney said current law does not make it illegal for police officers to have sexual relations with someone who has been detained but not yet arrested.
Gov. Ralph Northam would need to sign the bill for it to become law.
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Bletcherstonerson on October 3rd, 2020 at 17:12 UTC »
“Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices, and I tell you, people do that all the time.”
tambien181 on October 3rd, 2020 at 15:21 UTC »
You mean rape?
combatsauce on October 3rd, 2020 at 15:20 UTC »
the fact that we need a new law for this is insane