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Power relations between police and accused can lead to sexual abuse

A former law enforcement officer from El Paso, now working as mall security in Olympia, WA, stands accused of coercing a pair of teenage girls allegedly caught shoplifting to expose themselves and let him take pictures, reports the Seattle Times ("Teens: Security took topless photos, March 5):A loss-prevention officer at the J.C. Penney store at the Capital Mall was in jail Wednesday after two girls, ages 17 and 18, accused him of coercing them into exposing their breasts and soliciting them for sex after they were caught shoplifting. The girls said Michael Anthony Olivas, 35, told them that if they took off their clothes, he wouldn't call police about the shoplifting. They said he then took their photos with his cellphone camera while they were undressed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 06, 2009 (boomark / email).