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SAPD seeks to improve way it handles domestic violence cases
The San Antonio Police Department is seeking to improve the way it handles domestic violence cases through a new policy of family violence threat assessment. The assessment is meant to help officers ask the right questions to ensure they help domestic violence victims...
UT to survey students on sexual assaults
AUSTIN — The University of Texas System is spending $1.7 million to study and determine the scope of sexual assaults, dating violence, stalking and sexual harassment at its 13 campuses, including the University of Texas at San Antonio. There will also be focus groups...
DPS processing thousands of untested rape kits
The Texas Department of Public Safety continues to process approximately 20,000 rape kits that had been previously untested. The process began in 2013. Nearly 2,000 kits are from sexual assaults reported to the San Antonio Police Department. Capt. Andrew Carian, in...
What comes next: SAPD’s rape kit backlog completed
In February of this year the San Antonio Police Department said they had 1,499 untested rape kits. Now, that number sits at zero. SAPD was able to submit all of their kits by the end of February. But that does not mean this problem is anywhere near solved.
Three sex assault cases seen as ‘extreme’
Three sexual assault cases recently linked by police through DNA were committed by an offender who exhibits violent tendencies, a local criminologist said. The assaults, which occurred over a 17-month period, involved a girl abducted off a street and two women who...
Sexual assault reports spike in April
SAN ANTONIO -- Hospitals in San Antonio are reporting a spike of sexual assaults. Hospitals received 92 reports of sexual assault in April, compared to 70-80 on average. Deana Buril, the Deputy Director of the Rape Crisis Center, said the trend appears to be random....
SAPD videos target human trafficking victims
SAN ANTONIO - Human trafficking is a very real problem that affects us all, said San Antonio Police Chief Anthony Trevino on Wednesday as he unveiled a series of videos that he hopes will help combat the problem. "It happens in our neighborhoods and our communities,"...
National Denim Day for Sexual Assault Awareness
Wednesday is National Denim Day, a global day of awareness against sexual assault. The Rape Crisis Center of San Antonio asked businesses, agencies and the public to wear their favorite denim. They say it's a proactive, visible way to show support for safer...
Arrests of jail guard, teacher bring alleged misuse of authority to light
Alleged misuse of authority has resulted in two separate arrests in less than a month involving a juvenile detention officer and a school teacher. The alleged victims are a female inmate and a student, both 16. “There’s this belief that they have some form of power...
Report: More trafficking victims contacting hotlines for help
SAN ANTONIO - Two of the nation's hotlines for reporting human or sex trafficking by phone or text have data showing more victims are contacting them for help, as well as the public offering tips and information about suspected traffickers. The National Human...
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