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SAKI Makes Forensic Magazine Headlines
— Forensic Magazine, Jan 16, 2018
As 2018 ushers in another year of coordinated sexual assault response for SAKI grantees, Forensic Magazine reflected on SAKI's legacy to test all unsubmitted sexual assault kits and pursue prosecutions in Cuyahoga County (OH), Memphis (TN), and Phoenix (AZ). SAKI Director and Senior Forensic Policy Advisor at the Office of Justice Programs, Dr. Angela Williamson, was interviewed as part of the magazine's "Rape Kits in America" series. Read all 3 parts for a full picture of today's challenges and successes.
SAKI Partners with the FBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP)
— SAKI TTA, Dec 4, 2017
The BJA SAKI team has partnered with ViCAP in an effort to increase use of the database and the sharing of crime intelligence information from SAKI-related cases across jurisdictions and the country. ViCAP staff are available to assist sites in gaining entry into the system; provide training on optimal use of the database; and conduct crime analysis on specific offenders/cases upon request. ViCAP has a designated SAKI analyst to directly assist our sites. Contact sakitta@rti.org for more information.
USF Advanced Training For Cold Case Sex Assault
— Florida Institute of Forensic Anthropology & Applied Science, Dec 4, 2017
Attention Detectives, Campus Police, CSI Personnel, ME Investigators, and Prosecutors! This upcoming course is designed to provide attendees with the best practices and standards for developing cold case investigative strategies, including case management, cold case review, crime scene interpretation, case linkage, forensic evidence, CODIS hit follow up, interviewing strategies, proper case closure, and court preparation/prosecution. Attendees will participate in a cold case review/table top activity to practically apply the knowledge gained throughout the sessions. The training will also provide critical information on victim impact in and how to develop strategies to provide support for survivors.
DOJ to Clear Sexual Assault Testing Backlog by End of 2018
— usnews.com, Nov 2, 2017
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel announced that the Department of Justice will process all previously submitted sexual assault kits by the end of 2018 with the assistance of federal funding provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
Montana receives $900K to continue Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
— Jonathon Ambarian, MTN News, Oct 6, 2017
Montana received more than $900,000 in funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. The money will be used to help fund a training coordinator, a victim advocate and a cold case investigator.
