A Louisville police spokesman tells PEOPLE the department is poised to 'conduct an investigation' into allegations against Officer Brett Hankison
wrote that in April 2018, "a police officer who I had interacted with on many occasions at bars in St. Matthews offered me a ride home. He drove me home in uniform, in his marked car, invited himself into my apartment and sexually assaulted me while I was unconscious."
In the second instance, a woman who identified herself as Emily Terry took to Instagram to write that last fall, "I began walking home from a bar intoxicated. A police officer pulled up next to me and offered me a ride home. I thought to myself, 'Wow. That is so nice of him.' And willingly got in." Asked whether any formal complaint alleging sexual harassment or sexual misconduct involving Hankison had been received or previously investigated, the police department spokesperson would only reiterate that they are looking into the current allegations.
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