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Police Oppose Bill Banning Sexual Contact with Sex Workers

by Alaska Dispatch News | May 11, 2017 | Featured Articles, Politics

[Ed. note: when police coerce sex workers into sexual acts with explicit threats of violence or simply with the implicit power of their badge, that is rape.] Earlier this year, the Anchorage Police Department sent one of its top officials to Juneau with a request for lawmakers: Don't pass a bill making it illegal for police to have sexual contact with a person they are investigating. The proposed House Bill 73 and Senate Bill 112 are offensive to law enforcement officers and unnecessary because myriad laws and regulations already govern such conduct, said Anchorage Police Department Deputy...

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