Position-of-Trust Abuse Register

PROBLEM: The court found Fleer took advantage of a position of trust by making it known to the victims that he was a law-enforcement officer and sending photos of himself in uniform; the probation report listed the same aggravating circumstance. Position of trust is an aggravating factor in sentencing, but no register tracks how often it appears across officer-misconduct cases.

SOLUTION: A position-of-trust abuse register: each case where a court or probation report finds an officer used a position of trust, logged with the office held, the way the trust was used, and the sentence — so the pattern is countable across cases.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — the court and probation report found Fleer took advantage of a position of trust (P. v. Fleer, D079195).