In September 2017, two plainclothes NYPD detectives detained 18-year-old Anna on a minor drug charge. After letting her two male friends go, they led Anna, handcuffed, to the back of an unmarked van and drove around while taking turns raping her. Eventually, they dropped her off on the side of the road — with no arrest, no citation, and no paperwork filed to record the event.Anna assumed this was a clear cut case of police misconduct, but the incident highlighted a. In fact, in 32 states still, police can claim that a sexual encounter was consensual to avoid sexual assault charges.According to a disturbing investigation by the Associated Press , 990 law enforcement officers lost their jobs for sexual misconduct between 2009 and 2014. But that's just police who were caught and punished for their crimes. Countless others have gotten away with sexual misconduct, either because their victims were too scared to come forward or because they were protected by a corrupt system.