About this episode

Investigative journalists discuss the shocking revelations from a polygraph test that exposed sexual misconduct within the Horry County Police Department.

On today's episode, investigative journalists ⁠Mandy Matney⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠ have to share a little warning first: What you’re about to hear today is NOT for kids’ ears. Which is sad to say because it’s about law enforcement officers and what they do at the workplace. In October 2020, an Horry County Police Officer, applying to work for Highway Patrol, was given a polygraph test as part of a pre-employment screening at South Carolina Department of Public Safety. The results of the test turned out to be so shocking that officials there reached out to the Horry County Police Department to let them know that they had a problem — problems that included sexual misconduct of officers, masturbation at work, drunk driving, sexting photos of genitals while in uniform and even potential child abuse. According to several sources close to the situation, this polygraph is what led to the outing of what is referred to among current and former officers as the Green Sea 14 — a group of officers, plus firefighters, who were having sex on duty and at police facilities. As Mandy and Liz continue to dig into what Green Sea 14 means, who was involved, how far up in ranks the officers went and why…

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the True Sunlight podcast page.