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Public experts urge restoring 120‑hour evidence window and trauma‑informed training in Eugene police sexual‑assault policy
Summary
Two subject‑matter experts and detectives told the Eugene Police Committee the draft sexual‑assault procedure should reaffirm a 120‑hour evidence‑collection window and embed trauma‑informed interviewing (FETI/FEDI exposure plus advocacy training), while detectives cautioned against narrow certification that can complicate prosecutions.
Two outside experts and Eugene police detectives debated changes to the police department’s draft sexual‑assault procedure during the Eugene Police Committee meeting on Jan. 8.
Daniel Brown, who identified himself as general counsel and Title IX coordinator at Lane Community College, urged the committee to require trauma‑informed interviewer qualifications and to keep the evidence‑collection window at 120 hours rather than 84. “I would encourage you to put in the qualifications for an interviewer to have a training similar to FEDI or the actual FEDI training,” Brown said, adding that the Oregon attorney general’s task force still recommends 120 hours…
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