Lina Maria Rios

By using a undercover female police officers, the city hopes to deter sex offenders on public transport

Colombia’s undercover, anti-groping squad is patrolling public buses in Bogota

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Women around the world often feel vulnerable to groping and sexual harassment when they ride on crowded public transit. And it can be hard to catch offenders. So the police in Colombia’s capital, Bogota, have created a new squad of mostly female officers to catch those who harass — and to support female riders.