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On Our Watch: Conduct Unbecoming

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News, Documentary, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.712.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

A police officer in Los Angeles told women he'd let their cars pass inspection if they had sex with him. In the San Francisco, Bay Area, another woman says an officer used police resources to harass and stalk her. The California Highway Patrol quietly fired both men for sexual harassment, but never looked into whether their misconduct was criminal. The second episode of the NPR series On Our Watch examines the system of accountability for officers who abuse their power for sex and exposes where that system falls short.

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is embedded.

0:02.9

And last week, I told you about this NPR series

0:06.9

that we're putting here in our feed.

0:09.4

It's called On Our Watch, and it's all about how police

0:13.8

are investigated after they're accused of doing something wrong.

0:19.5

We know a lot about this process here in California

0:22.4

because of a law that was recently passed.

0:24.8

It allows the public to access these investigations,

0:28.4

the records, and sometimes even the recordings of interviews

0:32.3

of police by investigators.

0:34.8

And we know about it because our colleagues at KQED

0:37.7

in San Francisco, along with other reporters,

0:40.4

have spent a lot of time requesting that information.

0:44.5

So in today's episode of the series,

0:46.8

Reporters Suki Lewis and Sandia Dierks

0:50.0

are going to look at what happens when police officers

0:52.8

are accused of sexual misconduct while on the job.

0:57.2

And what they found is, well, accused officers

0:59.1

might get investigated for something they did.

1:02.9

They don't always get punished.

1:05.3

Okay, here's the episode.

1:10.0

Okay, Officer McGrew, how long have you been employed

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