Washington State Patrol sexual misconduct case tests state oversight as police reforms near passage The son-in-law of the Washington State Patrol chief resigned as a trooper after investigations into allegations of on-the-job sex and sexual assault. He is now fighting to keep his badge, testing the state's narrow law for decertifying police. Before he resigned as a sergeant with the Washington State Patrol, Sean Carr was accused of grabbing and bruising a co-workerâs arm and trying to get her to perform a sex act, sending her explicit videos of himself, and coercing her to have sex at a highway weigh station â all while in uniform and on duty.