A congressional report says the U.S. Coast Guard mishandled investigations into bullying and harassment at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
Congress opened an 18-month investigation last year. Earlier this year, 45% of female cadets said they experienced sexual harassment.
In 2015 a teacher at the academy said she was harassed in part because she was a lesbian and a black woman. The congressional report said the Coast Guard “conducted a mediation process that did not include any investigatory activities, a preliminary inquiry that did not reach any conclusion, and a climate and culture investigation that did not examine [her] allegations.”
A Coast Guard spokesperson said the service has since changed the way it handles investigations.
A previous version of this story said the investigation came after the survey of female cadets, and that the Coast Guard did not investigate the teacher’s claims. The story has been corrected to reflect the report.
