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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
