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Parent alleges sexual assault of 5-year-old at city Parks & Recreation program; calls for video review and better mandatory-reporting practice
Summary
A Ward 1 resident told the council her 5-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted while in a city Parks & Recreation program; she said staff failed to supervise, failed to report as mandatory reporters, and that police and city staff had delayed reviewing hours of video evidence.
At the meeting’s public-participation segment, a parent identified as Rebecca Porty spoke at length and accused Parks & Recreation staff of failing to protect her 5-year-old daughter during a June program session. Porty told the council she viewed security video with Parks & Recreation leadership and that the footage showed repeated sexual assaults by an older boy while staff were within a few feet and allegedly looking at phones instead of supervising. She said the city’s Parks & Recreation employees…
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