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Protectors to abusers: A police department's pattern of alleged sex abuse
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Protectors to abusers: A police department's pattern of alleged sex abuse

  • Dec 1, 2025
  • Dec 1, 2025 Updated Dec 5, 2025

A Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team review of court records and interviews with former employees, lawyers, victims and witnesses reveals a concerning pattern in Canadian County, Oklahoma.

(3) updates to this series since Updated Dec 5, 2025

Cop raped female inmate, then handed her a stack of napkins. Is it a bigger pattern?

Cop raped female inmate, then handed her a stack of napkins. Is it a bigger pattern?

A Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team review of court records and interviews with former employees, lawyers, victims and witnesses reveals a concerning pattern.

Top police investigator accused of siding with child sex predator — again

Top police investigator accused of siding with child sex predator — again

A police detective, who failed to stop a girls basketball coach child predator for years, now has allegedly defended a boys basketball coach charged with secretly filming players.

Police major's sex abuse of boys, men was common knowledge, multiple victims allege

Police major's sex abuse of boys, men was common knowledge, multiple victims allege

Never charged criminally, an Oklahoma county's sheriff’s major resigned after the daughter of another of his alleged victims went public with the sexual abuse accusations upon her father’s death.

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Woman turned away from hospital while in labor, gives birth driving to another one

Woman turned away from hospital while in labor, gives birth driving to another one

"Accountability looks like making certain that the woman who made the decision to kick her out of this hospital doesn't work there anymore," an attorney said.

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