breaking this evening, lieutenant colonel jeffrey krusinski, the chief of the air force s sexual assault prevention and response program, was arrested this weekend and charged with sexual battery. krusinski was arrested in arlington, virginia. according to the arrest report, he approached the victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks. about an hour ago, the air force released this statement. lieutenant colonel jeff krusinski was charged with sexual battery in arlington, virginia, over the weekend. the case is currently under investigation. he has been removed from his position as the sexual assault prevention and response branch chief pending the conclusion of the investigation. he served in this position since february 2013. the air force has a historic
instructors accused of assault. national security correspondent is live. good evening. reporter: good evening. it s a major embarrassment for the pentagon and the commander in chief. the director of the air force assault prevention program, lieutenant colonel jeff krusinski was charged with sexual battery saturday accused of assaulting and groping a woman from virginia not far from where he was posted. he s out on bail. i expect consequences. i don t want just more speeches or awareness programs or training. we re all outraged and disgusting di disgusted over these very troubling allegations. sexual assault is a despicable crime and one of the most serious challenges facing this department. reporter: the arrest of
and how where do you find yourself with the trajectory to this issue. it seems there has been a mounting, effective campaign to highlight what has been going on. and i wonder what we re going to see now in the wake of this. well, we reached a tipping point in terms of national attention to this issue, which is an incredible opportunity for us. but we re still facing incredible resistance, especially within the senate and the house of representatives when it comes to actually reforming the criminal justice system. and so what we have today is a system in which commanding officers determine whether or not sex crimes in fact, all crimes go forward to court-martial. and it is a system which is inherently biased for that reason. it is the accused boss determining whether or not that crime goes forward. and so it is not just the victim it is the accused boss determining whether or not that crime goes forward. and so it is not just the victim who may not face a just trial, it is the accus
the officer in charge of sexual assault prevention will be arraigned thursday accused of sexual battle himself. lieutenant colonel kruse kruls was jeff krusinski was arrested after allegedly groping a woman who fought him off. the number of cases has climbed in the military again. joining us is a former marine captain and executive director of the servicewomen s action net work. thanks for kroming in. thank you. let s talk about the charges against the lieutenant colonel. i don t even know what to say when the person who s in charge of preventing sexual assault is essentially charged with sexual assault. but it doesn t seem like you re shocked. it s an awful incident but it s not surprising. we re seeing time and time again not only senior officers are
broken? and how where do you find yourself with the trajectory to this issue. it seems there has been a mounting, effective campaign to highlight what has been going on. and i wonder what we re going to see now in the wake of this. well, we reached a tipping point in terms of national attention to this issue, which is an incredible opportunity for us. but we re still facing incredible resistance, especially within the senate and the house of representatives when it comes to actually reforming the criminal justice system. and so what we have today is a system in which commanding officers determine whether or not sex crimes in fact, all crimes go forward to court-martial. and it is a system which is inherently biased for that reason. it is the accused boss determining whether or not that crime goes forward. and so it is not just the victim who may not face a just trial, it is the accused as well. fair and impartial trial. i should take this opportunity to note the person we mention