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OR - Panty-Peeping Cop To Cost City $100,000

View the article here PORTLAND - Two women who claimed former Portland Police Officer John Wood offered to let them out of a ticket if they lifted their skirts are expected to settle with the city Wednesday and receive about $50,000 each. In July of 2006, investigators say Wood saw the two women outside a southeast Portland bar and later stopped them on Interstate 205 as they were driving home. They said he told them if they didn't show him their underwear, he would arrest the driver for driving under the influence. Police Chief Rosie Sizer said once the two women came forward, the 31-year-old officer was put on paid administrative leave while the department investigated the incident. An independent police review division spent three months investigating the allegations The case led detectives to a third woman who said she went through a similar incident with officer Wood...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 27, 2009 (boomark / email).