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    Default Re: Consequences of a 21 Year Old Cop Dating a Minor

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    I don't make the rules.
    What rule is that?

    As I pointed out, the details matter. If this officer is in a position of authority over the child, or is encouraging the child to disobey their parents, then I can see a potential policy violation per the employer even if there might not be a legal issue.

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    Default Re: Consequences of a 21 Year Old Cop Dating a Minor

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    So, cops, teachers, preachers and so on aren't allowed to date? Or are limited in who they are allowed to date?

    You completely missed my point. If 17 and 21 is a problem, then it's a problem no matter what the 21 year old's job is. If it's not a problem, then it shouldn't become one due to his or her profession.
    As concerns dating, it doesn't matter (at least not as far as the law is concerned, although it might matter as a matter of departmental policy, as explained by "cdwjava"). If sex happens, then it might matter for the reason explained. I didn't look up Illinois's statutory rape laws, but some states have provisions in their statutory rape laws that make otherwise consensual sex a crime if the older person is in a position of authority relative to the younger person.

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    Default Re: Consequences of a 21 Year Old Cop Dating a Minor

    @tigercat

    Are you talking about hanging out or hanging out and having sex from time to time? It really does make a difference.

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    Default Re: Consequences of a 21 Year Old Cop Dating a Minor

    Y'all are really not getting what I'm saying here. And yes, as a matter of fact, Illinois is one of the states pg1067 mentioned, (I did look it up). But the question the OP asked at least implies a belief that a cop is somehow not allowed to have relationships.

    OF COURSE there's a problem if he's using the power of his position to obtain sexual favors, or whatever. That's so obvious I didn't think it needed to be said, and it's a sad thing that the world is such that anyone else did. But there is not a legal problem SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS A COP AND FOR NO OTHER REASON. Which is the question the OP asked. Or at least how I interpreted the question as he asked it.

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