Female cops face a blue wall of silence when reporting sexual harassment
Women officers are graduated from the Philadelphia Police Academy on October 9, 1976. (James A. Craig/Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross resigned last week after failing to address sexual harassment allegations filed by a female officer, with whom he allegedly had an affair. The incident illustrates a failure across police administration to address similar complaints for years. WHYY’s Nina Feldman and Ryan Briggs explain why this could be a sign of a systemic problem.