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Off Duty Black Officers Fear Fellow Cops; Police Have Highest Domestic Violence Rates of All
Off Duty Black Officers Say They Fear Fellow Cops. Reuters interviewed 25 African American male officers on the NYPD, 15 of whom are retired and 10 of whom are still serving. All but one said that, when off duty and out of uniform, they had been victims of racial profiling, included being pulled over for no reason, having their heads slammed against their cars, getting guns brandished in their faces, being thrown into prison vans and experiencing stop and frisks while shopping. The majority of the officers said they had been pulled over multiple times while driving. Five had had guns pulled on them.
One Group Has A Higher Domestic Violence Rate Than Everyone Else. In families of police officers, domestic violence is two-to-four times more likely than in the general population — from stalking and harassment to sexual assault and even homicide.
