NEW ORLEANS, LA - May 4:Nicole poses for a portrait behind a curtain to obscure her face at her home in New Orleans, LA on May 4, 2023. Nicole was 14 when Officer Rodney Vicknair, then 53, of the New Orleans Police Department took her to the hospital for a rape examination after she said her 17-year-old friend forced himself on her. Four months later, Vicknair was instead arrested for also sexually assaulting Nicole. A Washington Post investigation found that at least 1,800 state and local police officers were charged with crimes involving child abuse from 2005 through 2022. Abusive officers most frequently targeted girls between 13 and 15 years old and regularly met them while on the job. The victim is being identified by her middle name only, to protect her identity. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)

MAYPEARL, TEXAS - DECEMBER 5:Mallory Meyer looks over her shoulder as she passes a police vehicle on December 5, 2023 in Maypearl, Texas. Her father died by suicide after being harassed by Kevin Coffey.(Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)

ROSHARON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 8:Kevin Coffey participates in an interview from Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison on December 8, 2023 in Rosharon, Texas. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)

TUSKEGEE, AL - December 13:Alex reacts in fear to a nearby passing siren sound as she walks around the building that used to house the police department where Officer Levy Kelly worked when he assaulted her near her home in Tuskegee, AL on December 13, 2023. Alex was harassed and raped by Officer Levy Kelly, but the case was delayed for more than ten years and then dropped. Despite Alex not being the only victim, the officer remains free. “This is a place where police can take girls and rape them and no one would know,” she said of the building. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)

TUSKEGEE, AL - December 13:Alex closes her eyes as she talks about being harassed by local police officers at her home in Tuskegee, AL on December 13, 2023. Alex was harassed and raped by Officer Levy Kelly, but the case was delayed for more than ten years and then dropped. Despite Alex not being the only victim, the officer remains free. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)

SOUTH BEND, IN - June 8:A parking lot where Anne, who is being identified by her middle name, was assaulted is seen on June 8, 2023 in South Bend, IN. Anne, who wanted to become a police officer, was 16 years old when South Bend Police Officer Tim Barber started to frequent the Chick-fil-A where she worked offering to mentor her and give her rides home in his patrol car. He sent 1,300 messages to her, sexually harassed her at her work and assaulted her in his cop car in uniform. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)

SOUTH BEND, IN - June 9:Anne, who is being identified by her middle name, shows on June 9, 2023 a Snapchat video she took of South Bend Police Officer Tim Barber while she was working at Chik-fil-A in South Bend, IN. Anne, who wanted to become a police officer, was 16 years old when South Bend Police Officer Tim Barber started to frequent the Chick-fil-A where she worked offering to mentor her and give her rides home in his patrol car. He sent 1,300 messages to her, sexually harassed her at her work and assaulted her in his cop car in uniform. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)

NEW ORLEANS, LA - May 4:Nicole collapses in a chair after attending a birthday dinner for her mother at her home in New Orleans, LA on May 4, 2023. Nicole was 14 when Officer Rodney Vicknair, then 53, of the New Orleans Police Department took her to the hospital for a rape examination after she said her 17-year-old friend forced himself on her. Four months later, Vicknair was instead arrested for also sexually assaulting Nicole. A Washington Post investigation found that at least 1,800 state and local police officers were charged with crimes involving child abuse from 2005 through 2022. Abusive officers most frequently targeted girls between 13 and 15 years old and regularly met them while on the job. The victim is being identified by her middle name only, to protect her identity. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)

GAULEY BRIDGE, WV - September 28:One of the locations where C.H. was raped in Gauley Bridge, WV on September 28, 2023. When C.H. was 14, she lost her mother to cancer. Her step-father remarried a woman named Kristen, who decided to take their financial problems into her own hands. When C.H. was 17, Gauley Bridge Chief of Police Larry Clay twice paid Kristen to have sex with C.H. while on duty in uniform. Clay was convicted in the sex trafficking case, but has not yet been sentenced. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)

BATON ROUGE, LA - MARCH 22:Jade cries during a portrait session after singing a song in Baton Rouge, LA on March 22, 2024. When Jade was a high school cheerleader in 2011, Bradley began grooming her before a cheerleading coach complained to law enforcement officials. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)

HUNTSVILLE, AL - December 14:Diamond’s daughter touches a tattoo, which Officer Levy Kelly took Diamond to get after assaulting her, at home in Huntsville, AL on December 14, 2023. Diamond was harassed and sexually assaulted by Officer Levy Kelly, but a case was delayed and then dropped. Despite Diamond not being the only victim, the officer remains free. When Diamond found out she was pregnant with her partner, she immediately thought of how she planned to protect her daughter from what happened to her. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)

WASHINGTON, DC - November 17:Eloise poses for a portrait near the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC on November 17, 2023. Eloise met York Police Officer Joseph Palmer after he was hired as the city’s juvenile engagement officer. He then sexually abused Eloise, then 16 years old, in his car in a bowling alley parking lot. He was given a plea deal for a misdemeanor charge of corruption of minors and was sentenced to probation. Her father, Chris McGhee, is working on a bill with Eloise to make corruption of minors a felony in certain cases where the defendant holds a position of authority in the community. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/TWP)