SAN ANTONIO — A new sexual assault study conducted by the University of Texas School of Social Work reveals some eye-opening statistics. Researchers surveyed people of all ages, race and gender across the state and found a total of about 6.3 million Texans have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
