Demand North Carolina Cops Report Every Sexual Assault Claim

  • por: Megan Z.
  • destinatário: North Carolina Legislators
This may shock you, but police are not required to take a report for every sexual assault allegation they receive, especially if the statute of limitation has passed. Not only that, but they are not required to get any training on sensitivity to victims of sexual assault. This is simply unacceptable.

Illinois just passed a law requiring police to take a report for every single sexual assault claim, despite statue of limitations, and for all police to receive sensitivity training to victims. I live in North Carolina and I want to see similar legislation passed here. 

Please sign my petition if you want North Carolina to pass legislation requiring police to receive sensitivity training to sexual assault victims and to require them to fill out a report for every single sexual assault allegation.

North Carolina has over 15,000 untested rape kits in the nation. That means there are many rapists out there walking free, able to rape again because we haven't tested this physical evidence. Since most perpetrators are serial abusers, I want to be sure the police take a report every single time someone tells them of an assault. Paired with a massive testing of rape kits, we could finally get violent criminals off the street. 

Imagine a police who is a rapist himself, or simply a misogynist, being the first on the scene of a sexual crime. He may choose not to believe the victim and not even file her report. He may even be hostile to her, siding with the violent criminal. That's why we must standardize and require that cops learn how to treat victims with respect and do what they have to do to catch perpetrators. 

As for sensitivity training, it is horrifying that cops aren't already trained in dealing with victims as they are often the first person to interact with a victim after an assault. After experiencing the trauma of sexual assault, victims really must be delt with in a specific, sensitive way or they will completely shut down. This results in them perhaps not reporting or not getting the help they need to heal. 

Please sign on to demand North Carolina legislation making sure sexual assault is handled appropriately by the police forces in this state. 
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