Six San Diego Cops Involved in Sex Abuse of Multiple Women, Dept Blames “Weaknesses”

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

SAN DIEGO, CA — Over 17 cases of misconduct were “investigated” involving the San Diego Police Department on Tuesday.

“The San Diego Police Department has been dealing with a misconduct scandal since 2011, when then Chief William Lansdowne announced a number of reform measures following the arrest of an officer for sexually assaulting women while on duty and other crimes,” states the report.

It adds that the fact that nine officers were charged for sexual misconduct while on duty was not the result of a “single policy failure.”

Rather, the numerous accounts of sexual misconduct were due to various “weaknesses.”

The 100-page report is full of jargon and excuses and “recommendations” for the department, but not a single word of it reflects that police abuse is an inherent systemic problem in the United States.

It’s what happens when a government declares itself to be in control of “our safety” — when a government offers low-life scum paychecks to dress in black costumes and play GI-Joe, allowing them to be lawless and get away with it.

When the basic desire for security is monopolized by a bloated and corrupt State, it becomes an avenue for the lowest elements of society to abuse the rest of us with little or no consequences.

Of course, the report and the study that generated it were funded by the US Government — that’s to say, taxpayers.

Six additional cops were charged after investigations revealed horrific acts of criminal sexual abuse.

One of those officers pleaded guilty to the sexual battery of four victims, along with false imprisonment.

Another officer, Officer Anthony Arevalos faced 21 charges of sexually assaulting women while he was on duty.

Those charges involve incidents that were enumerated by NBC San Diego as follows:

• Sept. 28 – 29, 2009: Melissa R. alleges Arevalos pulled her over in the Gaslamp after she drove her car the wrong way down a one-way street. She testified that Arevalos kept insisting on “favors” for letting her go. He even reminded her that he knew where she worked and would come in there to try and get his “favor” she testified at trial. There was no alleged sexual contact during this stop but Arevalos faces a felony charge of asking for a bribe stemming from this incident.

• January 9, 2010: Melissa M. was 22 years-old when Arevalos stopped her in the Gaslamp Quarter. She said Arevalos asked if she’d be willing to pull down the top of her dress if he’d let her go. Evidence presented at trial revealed her blood alcohol level was .06, which is under the .08 limit. Felony charges stemming from this incident include asked for a bribe, false imprisonment by violence, menace, fraud and deceit.

• January 11, 2010:  Marjan M. is stopped after leaving the Hard Rock Hotel in the Gaslamp. While trying to cuff her, investigators allege Arevalos slipped his hand in to her pants under her thong and her butt crevice and said, “Easy, you’re in good hands now.” Marjan M. told investigators that when Arevalos put his hand on her breast, she thought it was an accident until he did it again as he moved her from the patrol car into police headquarters to take a breathalyzer test, court documents allege. While Arevalos moved her to the Las Colinas detention center, he allegedly told her she could make it all go away if he could see her naked in just her high heels.

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• February 20, 2010: A woman claimed Arevalos assaulted her in the back seat of patrol car. According to court documents, the woman filed a complaint with the San Diego police but the case was not issued for prosecution by the District Attorney’s office.

• April 2010: Ashley Steele was arrested by Arevalos for DUI. She was wearing the heels the night of her arrest and says Arevalos refused to let her take them off during a field sobriety test. Steele testified as a prosecution witness at trial but is not one of the alleged victims.

• October 22, 2010: Melissa W. claims that during a suspected DUI stop, Arevalos asked her about her private body parts, touched her breasts and put his hand down her pants. She testified that after she flashed him, Arevalos put his hand in her pants and moved his hand from front to back. Felony charges stemming from this incident include sexual battery by restraint, asked for a bribe, assault and battery by an officer, false imprisonment by violence, menace, fraud and deceit.

• December 29, 2010: Jeannie E., a 20-year-old San Diego State University student, was pulled over around 1:30 a.m. as she was leaving the Gaslamp. Later, the woman, who was studying abroad at the time of Arevalos’ arrest, would testify the former officer made several improper suggestions to her, several questions about things they could do for her to get out of the ticket. Felony charges stemming from this incident include asked for a bribe, false imprisonment by violence, menace, fraud and deceit.

• January 14, 2011: Danielle F. was stopped by Arevalos on 5th Avenue in the Gaslamp around 1 a.m. She testified she was in “panic mode” when Arevalos handcuffed her outside the Voyeur nightclub. She said Arevalos at least twice asked her what she had to “offer” him, and specifically said women sometimes offer him things so he will help them. She testified she “assumed he was talking, like, something sexually” but didn’t consider “offering” him anything because she wanted to “keep my dignity.” Felony charge stemming from this incident includes asked for a bribe.

• March 8, 2011: Arevalos is accused of taking a 32-year-old woman, known in court documents as “Jane Doe” into the bathroom of the 7/11 on J Street in March, where she took off her panties and was sexually assaulted. Felony charges stemming from this incident include sexual battery by restraint, asked for a bribe, assault and battery by an officer, false imprisonment by violence, menace, fraud or deceit.

Once again, taxpayers paid the bill, giving millions to the victims, while the police now sit around reading obtuse “reports” about their behavior.

“(W)e did not identify any single policy failure that resulted in the various types of mis­conduct in San Diego,” the report states.

What was identified instead was “a number of weaknesses.” The report states:

“We did identify a number of weaknesses in recruiting practices, supervision and training of officers, and accountability systems such as the early identification and intervention system and the mechanisms for reviewing citizen complaints. In some instances, these weaknesses may have contributed to allowing mis­conduct in the San Diego Police Department to go undetected.”

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The report then talks about “lessons being learned” about “issues” — but of course, none of this will take back the pain and suffering of the women who were sexually abused. As follows:

“Perhaps the most important lesson learned from this assessment is that the failure of the depart­ment’s leaders to adequately address smaller problems led to much larger issues.”

Watch the video below to see an example of how police assault women and call it “law”:

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Six San Diego Cops Involved in Sex Abuse of Multiple Women, Dept Blames “Weaknesses”