Betrayed by the Badge

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The latest first.

(1) Susan Montoya Bryan, $3M settlement reached in LCPD sexual assault case. Associated Press, Mar 24, 2016.
www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/lo ... ault-case/82174280/

(2) Press release: Former Las Cruces Detective Sentenced to Nine Years for Sexually Assaulting Police Department Intern. Office of Public Affairs, US Department of Justice, Nov 19, 2014
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/f ... e-department-intern
("Michael Garcia, 38, a former detective with the Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced today for violating the civil rights of an LCPD student intern.  Garcia was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.  Garcia also was ordered to forfeit his law enforcement certification and comply with federal and state sex offender registration requirements.  Garcia pled guilty on April 17, 2014, to a one-count information charging him with violating the civil rights of the victim by sexually assaulting her")

(3) Betrayed by the Badge; AP Investigation finds hundreds of law enforcement officers have lost their licenses over sex crimes or sex-related misconduct. Associated Press, Nov 1, 2015
interactives.ap.org/2015/betrayed-by-the-badge/
("A lack of supervision was a major finding in a March Department of Justice report about the San Diego Police Department, which has been hit with several sex misconduct incidents in recent years, including the case of Anthony Arevalos, an officer convicted in 2011 following accusations that he attacked 13 women")

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest of (2).
(b) Read (3) only for "Diana Guerrero" or "Guerrero" which detailed how she was violated.
(c) Diana Guerrero allowed AP to release her name.
(d)
(i) Las Cruces, New Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico
(It is told that it was named after three crosses on a hillside marking the graves of bandits)
(ii) Spanish English dictionary:
* cruz (noun feminine; plural: cruces): "cross"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruz
(c) Spanish pronunciation
http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/
(in the left column: "No 50: Consonant: z")