i do not really know where else to ask about this so i hope this is okay. i am 19 and serving full time, living on base, and there is this one mp who keeps pulling me aside or stopping me for the smallest things. like i parked slightly crooked or i walked through the wrong gate even though others do it too.
at first i thought he was just being a hardass but lately it feels weird. he is not much older than me and the way he talks is always this smug, teasing tone like he is trying to get a reaction. once he even joked about me “having an attitude” and how he could make me do pushups for it, even though he is not in my chain of command.
the worst was yesterday when he stopped me saying i looked “suspicious” because i was walking alone back to my barracks. he made me show my id then told me to turn out my pockets even though it was clear i did not have anything on me. i had to stand there while he just watched. it felt humiliating and honestly a bit violating even though he did not touch me beyond checking my arm when i tried to move too fast.
i am really uncomfortable now. i feel like he is waiting to catch me on something just to have an excuse to stop me again. but it is hard to know what to do because he is an mp and technically has authority on base.
is there anything i can actually do about this? i do not want to make a big deal if it is nothing but it is starting to feel like harassment and i do not want to wait for it to get worse before saying something.
Location: Texas
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This is a military base… you either need to inquire with his command or yours about this.
Go through YOUR chain of command. If they are worth their salt they will end the bs for you.
Go talk to your First Sergeant and let him know what is going on.
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Detach. Stay calm. Talk to the next person up in your chain of command. Describe the situation as if it was happening to someone else. Ask if this is part of the normal hazing process. Do NOT go the cop’s superior. Let your team do that.
You need to go gray rock on this cop. Don’t fight, don’t react. The Army asks you to do a lot of stupid things and re-parking your car because it’s slightly crooked is one of them. Keep a your own record of every incident.
There are a lot of predators in the armed services. He’s grooming. Don’t wait to address this.
On a military base, you need to go through your chain of command. If it is sexual make a formal EO/SHARP complaint. The chain of command definitely needs to know about it so that they can contact his command team and find out what is going on.
Use your chain of command. This guy is a scum bag. Talk to your 1st sergeant.
NAL but are you a woman and he a man? it kind of sounds like he has bad intentions. Trust your instincts.
I’m a senior NCO in the MP Corp (was active, now with the guard); that type of behavior is wrong. You need to let your chain of command know and I would hope they contact the MP Company command.
There are lots of dumbass Soldiers, a lot of us were little more than kids when we first joined up. However, any police type job requires absolute professionalism. No one has the right to harass others and no, that idiot can absolutely not make you or anyone else do pushups or any other stupid crap like it.
You need to talk to your chain of command about this. Talk to your legal dept too.
The legalities in the military is not the same as civilian.
First Sgt. yesterday.
Step one find an nco/co you are ok with tell them the situation…your chain of command might care about you more than you think. Or they don’t it’s really 50/50 but I’d start there because the military takes “SHARP” training very serious