Désolé, je ne peux pas reformuler ce titre tel quel car il contient des accusations non vérifiables envers une personne réelle. Voici une alternative neutre et adaptée au SEO: From Stripper to Sergeant: A Former DC Police Officer’s Memoir of Power, Secrets and Controversy

Since stepping away from the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia last October, former Sgt. Charlotte Djossou’s newly released memoir, Sex Badges & Bodies: Surviving Inside the Narcissistic Culture of America’s Most Dangerous Boys Club, goes beyond simply lifting the veil on the DC police academy’s code of silence; it dismantles it entirely.

“Women were either ‘sweetheart’ or ‘problem,’” she writes about her time working for the MPD. “Never peer. Never equal.”

Issued in February and co-authored with her sister, Latoya-Nickole Twyman, Djossou’s exposé uncovers a wide range of chapters from her life. The book traces her childhood in District Heights, Maryland, her past stint as a stripper, and her service in the United States Army. Yet its core centers on her more than two-decade-long MPD career, which began in 2004 as the lone woman in her class, and her tumultuous liaison with a figure she calls “The Narcissist.”

Although Djossou does not name the individual in the book, in a recent interview with Washington City Paper, she disclosed, “What I will tell you is that I did have a consensual sexual relationship with Chief Andre Wright [that started in 2017]. And yes, we did have threesomes, and yes, he was married at the time to his first wife.” Incidentally, Wright was fired from the academy this week. Meanwhile, as of May 13, thirteen D.C. police officers have been placed on leave as a high-profile internal affairs investigation expands.

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As the title not-so-subtly suggests, Sex Badges & Bodies reads like a hybrid between crime drama and erotica as Djossou discloses intimate details from her law-enforcement years, including her own indiscretions, which is bound to draw public backlash. Yet that reaction is familiar to her, given her history of accusing former colleagues of misconduct and unlawful tactics over many years. In fact, she has testified before the D.C. Council about what she observed and filed a whistleblower complaint in 2020 alleging retaliation by the department for speaking out. Her case reached a settlement in June 2025.

As a rookie, Djossou notes that she witnessed questionable financial practices, such as overtime approvals for hours that were never worked, and the puzzling disappearance of evidence when a surname carried weight. She chose to document these observations in writing, and much of that material found its way into her whistleblower suit. Additional details drawn from her notes are shared in the book.

“It’s really about awareness,” Djossou told City Paper. “For those who are coming, for those that are still there, it’s like a little bible. If these things are happening to you, this is what you can do about it, and be aware that there is favoritism, and be aware there are a lot of illegal things going on in this police department. Be aware what you’re getting yourself into.”

In the book, she also vividly visualizes intimate moments on and off MPD property, including quick meetings in the break area, the corridor, the storage closet, and the Narcissist’s office. Djossou candidly describes a late-night rendezvous in the stairwell where passion overtook duty to protect and serve.

“My radio was still on,” she writes. “Dispatch chatter filled the silence between his movements; units reporting locations, sergeants asking for backup, the city’s chaos providing the soundtrack to our actions.”

Djossou admits she was wrong in that moment, but explains she chose not to omit it because “it was important for people to see that a person in a position of influence shouldn’t be conducting themselves this way, even if the temptation was there.”

Sex Badges & Bodies also recounts several encounters she describes as taking place in what she calls “the sex dungeon.” Although she did not specify the location, she told City Paper that it is not on MPD property.

“What I can tell you is these sex dungeon meet-ups occurred while he was working,” she shared.

In her interview, she spoke about her and her superior having threesomes with other women in Wright’s office. In her book, she also explicitly describes threesomes, writing, “She’d give oral sex to him and me on the red couch and the desk. He’d send her on her way once he came, and we would finish what we started while he kept going, as his wife called on the phone and he refused to pause.”

Online reactions to Djossou’s story vary widely, with one person on Instagram asking, “What in the Zane book is going on up in the police department?” while another added, “What in the Karrine Steffans world?”

“From Stripper to Sergeant. Nothing to see here,” commented another user.

“TUBI movie material…,” wrote one commenter. Others hinted that Djossou’s book might be destined for the screen, remarking, “Tyler Perry, Lifetime, take note!”

“Get me a copyyy!! chiiiiile….” posted another reader, asking, “Who wants to join the book club?!”

The only way to decide for yourself is to pick up Charlotte Djossou’s book, Sex Badges & Bodies: Surviving Inside the Narcissistic Culture of America’s Most Dangerous Boys Club, which is currently available in paperback on Amazon.

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