Law Enforcement Moving Beyond The Sexual Assault Kit. Assistant Chief Mary Lentschke Houston Police Department

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1 The Sexual Assistant Chief Mary Lentschke Houston Police Department

2 Law Perspective

3 Law Perspective Background

4 Law Perspective Background Project research

5 Law Perspective Background Project research Role of LE involving untested sexual assault kits

6 Law Perspective Background Project research Role of LE involving untested sexual assault kits Investigative impact of sexual assault kit screenings

7 Law Perspective Background Project research Role of LE involving untested sexual assault kits Investigative impact of sexual assault kit screenings Moving beyond the sexual assault kit

8 Background Law

9 Background Law NIJ Grant April 2011

10 Background Law NIJ Grant April 2011 Sexual s: 16,600*

11 Background Law NIJ Grant April 2011 Sexual s: 16,600* Sexual s Non-Submitted: 4,144 Never submitted for testing Majority prior to 2006

12 Background Law NIJ Grant April 2011 Sexual s: 16,600* Sexual s Non-Submitted: 4,144 Never submitted for testing Majority prior to 2006 Oldest sexual assault kit January 1982

13 Project Research Law Interviews/surveys with sex crimes investigators Interviews/surveys with crime lab personnel Interviews/surveys with prosecutors Sample of 506 cases involving sexual assault kits (UT) Forensic screening case review Priorities for testing sexual assault kits Sexual assault investigator training Cold case strategies and follow-up investigations Collaboration with victim advocates

14 Why were Sexual s not submitted for testing?

15 U-SAKs

16 Investigator Driven U-SAKs

17 Investigator Driven U-SAKs Case Components

18 Investigator Driven Technology Crime Lab Resources U-SAKs Case Components

19 Investigator Driven Technology Crime Lab Resources U-SAKs Case Components Cost

20 Sexual Assault Kit Issue in Houston Case Review Following Forensic Screening of Adult Sexual s

21 Review of 259 cases (2002/2003) Source: Case Characteristics of Sexual Assaults Reviewed after Rape Kit Forensic Screening Sam Houston State University July 2012

22 Review of 259 cases (2002/2003) Assessment by adult sex crimes investigators Source: Case Characteristics of Sexual Assaults Reviewed after Rape Kit Forensic Screening Sam Houston State University July 2012

23 Review of 259 cases (2002/2003) Assessment by adult sex crimes investigators Impact of sexual assault kit screening results Source: Case Characteristics of Sexual Assaults Reviewed after Rape Kit Forensic Screening Sam Houston State University July 2012

24 Review of 259 cases (2002/2003) Assessment by adult sex crimes investigators Impact of sexual assault kit screening results Results 246 cases (95%) no change in case status Source: Case Characteristics of Sexual Assaults Reviewed after Rape Kit Forensic Screening Sam Houston State University July 2012

25 70.9% Law 13% 10.3% 8.5% 4.2% 3.3% 2.8%

26 How did we move beyond the sexual assault kit?

27 Centered Approach

28 Investigative Strategies Law Centered Approach

29 Investigative Strategies Law Operational Issues Centered Approach

30 Investigative Strategies Law Centered Approach Operational Issues Notification

31 Investigative Strategies Law Centered Approach Operational Issues Notification Interviews

32 Investigative Strategies Law Operational Issues Justice Advocate Centered Approach Notification Interviews

33 Investigative Strategies Law Investigator Training Operational Issues Justice Advocate Centered Approach Notification Interviews

34 Investigative Strategies Law Investigator Training Operational Issues Justice Advocate Centered Approach Notification Interviews

35 Investigative Strategies Law Investigator Training Operational Issues Justice Advocate Centered Approach Notification Interviews

36 Investigative Strategies Law Investigator Training Operational Issues Justice Advocate Centered Approach Notification Interviews

37 Investigative Strategies Law Investigator Training Operational Issues Justice Advocate Centered Approach Notification Interviews

38 UPDATE

39 September 2011 Texas Senate Bill 1636 requires a law enforcement agency that receives sexual assault evidence collected in accordance with law to submit that evidence to a public accredited crime laboratory for analysis not later than the 30th day after the date on which that evidence was received

40 September 2011 Texas Senate Bill 1636 requires a law enforcement agency that receives sexual assault evidence collected in accordance with law to submit that evidence to a public accredited crime laboratory for analysis not later than the 30th day after the date on which that evidence was received February 2013 City of Houston agreed to test: All un-submitted sexual assault kits All un-tested sexual assault kits (backlog) All sexual assault kits collected in 2013 All non-sexual crimes (burglaries, robberies) $ 4.4 million / one-year completion 9,600+ sexual assault kits

41 Property Room Un-submitted SAKs CLEARED Crime Lab Untested SAKs CLEARED BACKLOG CRIME LAB TECHNICAL REVIEW INVESTIGATIVE CASE REVIEW

42 Investigative Response

43 Touch every case! Investigative Response

44 Touch every case! Investigative Response Added permanent and temporary investigator staffing to the Special s Division Created CODIS Investigative Squads

45 Touch every case! Investigative Response Added permanent and temporary investigator staffing to the Special s Division Created CODIS Investigative Squads notification protocols implemented

46 Touch every case! Investigative Response Added permanent and temporary investigator staffing to the Special s Division Created CODIS Investigative Squads notification protocols implemented Created Sexual Assault Information Line (SAIL)

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