FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) announced that the department's 2024 sexual assault kit backlog has been cleared. FWPD said in a news release that the department is ...

The department has activated the “Sexual Assault Evidence Kit” tracking function within the CommunityConnect victim portal. “We are using technology to our advantage,” said Ed DeCastro ...

PHOENIX — Crime victims will now have an easier time keeping track of their sexual assault kits due to a new feature on the Phoenix Police Department’s website. The department’s updated ...

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The Fort Worth Police Department reports that it is close to finishing the processing of a significant number of untested sexual assault evidence kits. This backlog drew public attention after a ...

The Fort Worth Police Department has cleared its backlog of more than 900 sexual assault kits, uncovered in October through an NBC 5 investigation. There were 898 sexual assault kits that had been ...

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For the first time in years, the San Diego Police Department has no backlog of untested sexual-assault evidence kits, marking a key milestone for the agency, SDPD officials announced Wednesday.

Maine lawmakers are considering whether to pay for a statewide system to track sexual assault kits after a previous effort came close but failed last year. Proponents fear hundreds of kits ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The public had an opportunity in Augusta on Monday to speak on a bill that looks to establish a statewide sexual assault kit tracking system. The bipartisan bill also is ...

In 2019, Pima County was awarded a $2 million grant to inventory and test cold case sexual assault kits, as part of the Bureau of Justice Affairs' national Sexual Assault Kit Initiative ...