Hundreds of police officers in the United States have sexually abused children, a Post investigation found. In many cases, the officers have avoided prison time.

The Washington Post has spent more than a year examining police officers accused of sexually abusing kids. Here’s how we reported the Abused by the Badge series.

“As a police officer, Alexander Aiello was sworn to protect and serve, but today, the FBI arrested him for possessing images of children being sexually abused,” said James Crowley, acting ...

A former NYPD youth outreach officer who bought a house in Texas near a minor he was sexually abusing was sentenced Thursday ...

Police have come under the microscope after it was revealed that an undisclosed number of officers are under investigation for allegedly sexually abusing children Credit: Alamy. South Yorkshire's ...

A Claiborne Parish grand jury has indicted Ferono Marquan Curry, 36, of Homer, on three counts of first-degree rape following ...

Officers at South Yorkshire Police viewed sexually abused children in Rotherham as "problems" not "victims", a watchdog report has found. The report, which cost £6m and has taken eight years to ...

According to police affidavits, Brett Tooman, 34, used a messaging app to arrange a meeting in Toledo with whom he believed were "two prepubescent female children", who he allegedly had plans to ...

Massachusetts police officer charged with child pornography: ‘Possessing images of children being sexually abused’ ‘One of the most reprehensible forms of exploitation’ ...