Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell issued an executive order to resolve outstanding sexual assault cases and better support their survivors. FOX13
Harrell issued the executive order Thursday with interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz, directing a "systemic assessment" of's investigations of criminal offenses, particularly sexual assaults. Outstanding cases will be assigned a detective if they have not already, and more support services will be made available for victims.
The need for systemic assessment is attributed to SPD's ongoing staff shortage, which has forced the agency to transfer officers to 911 response. This has hampered their ability to conduct followup investigations of serious criminal offenses.Reduce existing backlog of sexual assault cases and assign detectives to any outstanding cases by Aug. 31
SPD and the city will provide funding to connect survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence to support servicesSPD will partner with outside experts and organizations to implement a series of case reviews
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