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| Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski |
When I saw NBC’s
newscast last week regarding the arrest of Lt. Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski, the Air
Force’s officer in charge of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, I stared
at the TV and said, “WHAT!!!! THAT IS SICK! The very man in charge of
preventing rape is charged with groping a woman.
The Police press
release reads:
On May 5 at 12:35 am,
a drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed
her breasts and buttocks. The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to
touch her again and alerted police. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, of Arlington, VA,
was arrested and charged with sexual battery. He was held on a $5,000 unsecured
bond.
Krusinski’s arrest
comes embarrassingly at the same time the military released its Sexual Assault
Prevention and Response Office annual report. The report shows that
for fiscal 2011, the military
estimated there were 19,000 cases of sexual assault, while 3,192 cases were
reported. In fiscal 2012, the estimate spiked to 26,000 cases, with just 3,374
cases reported.
“On Guard,” long
aligned as a strong signal of the military, seems sadly appropriate now to our
women serving our country.
I have just one
question. When does this mighty
declaration take effect?
Tune in tonight on PBS
for the premiere of the award-winning investigative documentary, “The InvisibleWar,” which further examines the epidemic of rape within our military.
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