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APD, SAFE Alliance and Travis County DA report improved sexual-assault data and prosecution; commission votes for quarterly reporting
Summary
At a Public Safety Commission meeting, APD, the SAFE Alliance SANE program and the Travis County District Attorney's Office presented sexual-assault reporting, response and prosecution data. Commissioners voted unanimously to request quarterly data submissions and a plan for a permanent cross-agency data home.
The Public Safety Commission on Feb. 4 heard coordinated briefings from the Austin Police Department, the SAFE Alliance (sexual-assault response services) and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office about sexual-assault reporting, case handling and prosecution outcomes and voted unanimously to ask those agencies to submit quarterly case data for commission review.
APD detective leadership described improved data quality and increasing calls for service. Commander Deanna Lichter, who leads the department’s special-crimes unit, said enhanced review and a civilian data team from the collective sexual-crimes response model (CSRM) project have improved internal title coding and case accuracy. ‘‘Every case that comes to us is investigated,’’ Lichter said, while noting that an increase in 911 calls…
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