--- description: Some of the alleged assaults took place during traffic stops title: Oklahoma Cop Charged With Raping 6 Women on Patrol image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [justice](/tag/justice/) ## justice Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oklahoma Cop Charged With Raping 6 Women While on Patrol  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 12:55 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 12:55 PM CUT An Oklahoma City police officer was [arrested](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-usa-oklahoma-crime-idUSKBN0GL2DL20140821 "undefined") Thursday and charged sexually assaulting at least six women while he was on patrol, though police expect more alleged victims to come forward. Daniel Holtzclaw is charged with rape, oral sodomy and sexual battery. The three-year veteran of the force is being held on a $5 million bond, Reuters reports. Police said the assaults took place while Holtzclaw was on the job, in some cases as a result of traffic stops. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-usa-oklahoma-crime-idUSKBN0GL2DL20140821 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3159146/oklahoma-police-rape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3159146/oklahoma-police-rape/"},"headline":"Oklahoma Cop Charged With Raping 6 Women While on Patrol","datePublished":"2014-08-22T12:55:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:48:23.978Z","description":"Some of the alleged assaults took place during traffic stops","url":"https://time.com/3159146/oklahoma-police-rape/","keywords":["justice","Rape","Crime","Oklahoma","police","Police Brutality"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3159146/oklahoma-police-rape/","name":"Oklahoma Cop Charged With Raping 6 Women While on Patrol"}}]}] ```