00:00:01 | CAPTIONED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE |
00:00:04 | --WWW.NCICAP.ORG-- >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. |
00:00:14 | I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE 11 MEMBERS OF THE |
00:00:19 | SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT COMMISSION AS WELL AS STEVE SCHUMAKER WHO |
00:00:25 | CHAIRED THE COMMISSION. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE A |
00:00:32 | REVOLUTIONARY NEW POLICY WITH REGARD TO THE TESTING OF SEXUAL |
00:00:36 | ASSAULT KITS IN THE STATE OF OHIO. |
00:00:39 | THEY ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. EACH ONE HAS INTRINSIC VALUE TO |
00:00:45 | SOLVING CRIMES AND BRINGING JUSTICE TO VICTIMS. |
00:00:49 | THEY CONTAIN ALL THE EVIDENCE TAKEN FROM THE VICTIM WHICH |
00:00:54 | OFTEN INCLUDES INVALUABLE DNA INFORMATION FROM THE ASSAILANT. |
00:00:58 | WHEN I WAS A COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IN THE DAYS BEFORE DNA |
00:01:04 | TESTING, IF THE VICTIM DID NOT KNOW THE ASSAILANT OR IF WE DID |
00:01:08 | NOT GET LUCKY AND CATCH HIM AT THE SAME, IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT |
00:01:14 | WE WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE HIM. |
00:01:17 | TODAY, WITH DNA TESTING, WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE BECAUSE OF THIS |
00:01:25 | DNA INFORMATION. WHEN A SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT IS |
00:01:30 | TESTED AND WE GET DNA INFORMATION, IT GETS ENTERED |
00:01:35 | INTO A NATIONAL DNA DATABASE. ONCE IT IS THERE, IT IS THEIR. |
00:01:41 | WE HAVE IT FOREVER. A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN SEXUALLY |
00:01:46 | ASSAULTED -- WE WILL KNOW WHO DID IT. |
00:01:49 | WE GET THE SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT AND PUT THE DNA IN THE DATABASE. |
00:01:55 | 5 OR SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THE ASSAILANT GET PICKED UP FOR |
00:02:00 | ANOTHER CRIME, NOW WE GOT HIM. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW LONG AGO |
00:02:05 | THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT OCCURRED. WE CAN CATCH HIM IN THE FUTURE |
00:02:10 | BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE DNA IN THE SYSTEM AND WE CAN MAKE |
00:02:15 | THAT MATCH. THE KEY IS GETTING THAT DNA. |
00:02:19 | WE CAN GET IT BY TESTING SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS AND DEVELOPING A |
00:02:26 | MORE ROBUST DATABASE THEN WE HAVE TO DATE. |
00:02:30 | UP UNTIL NOW, A LOT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS HAVE NOT BEEN |
00:02:34 | SUBMITTED TO TESTING AND MANY SIT ON EVIDENCE SHELVES ACROSS |
00:02:40 | THE STATE OF OHIO. WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS. |
00:02:44 | DNA TESTING IS RELIABLE. THE SCIENCE IS MORE |
00:02:50 | SOPHISTICATED THAN IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO. |
00:02:53 | FURTHERMORE, THE JOB OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS EVOLVED AS |
00:02:58 | SCIENCE HAS EVOLVED. THINKING SHOULD BE EVEN IF YOU |
00:03:02 | DO NOT HAVE A DIRECT MATCH, THAT KIT STILL HAS VALUE AND NOT JUST |
00:03:08 | FOR A CRIME COMMITTED TODAY BUT FOR ALL FUTURE CRIMES COMMITTED |
00:03:12 | IN OHIO OR ANYWHERE IN THIS NATION. |
00:03:15 | FURTHERMORE, IT HAS BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THEIR ARE |
00:03:24 | SIGNIFICANT INCONSISTENCIES IN JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE |
00:03:27 | OF OHIO DETERMINING WHETHER A KIT IS TESTED OR NOT TESTED. |
00:03:36 | THAT SAME KIT, THAT SAME VICTIM, IF SHE LIVED IN A DIFFERENT |
00:03:46 | JURISDICTION MIGHT NOT BE TESTED. |
00:03:49 | THAT, I FIND, IS UNACCEPTABLE. I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT AND |
00:03:56 | NECESSARY THAT WE BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A |
00:04:00 | UNIFORM, BEST PRACTICES POLICY FOR THE TESTING OF THESE KITS. |
00:04:05 | THE POLICY THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A RESULT OF THAT |
00:04:10 | WORK OF THIS GROUP. I AM VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE |
00:04:16 | THAT THE SEXUAL ALSO COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A |
00:04:19 | RECOMMENDED SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT TESTING POLICY THAT SETS FORTH |
00:04:25 | NEW STATEWIDE GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE CASES AS WELL AS NEW |
00:04:31 | STATEWIDE GUIDELINES FOR OLD CASES. |
00:04:34 | WHERE SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS HAVE BEEN SITTING ON SHELVES FOR |
00:04:42 | MONTHS AND SOMETIMES YEARS. THIS NEW POLICY IS |
00:04:49 | STRAIGHTFORWARD AND UNCOMPLICATED AND WILL BRING |
00:04:52 | GREATER CONSISTENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE SEXUAL |
00:04:56 | ASSAULT KIT TESTING PROCESS. I STRONGLY URGE LAW-ENFORCEMENT |
00:05:03 | TO SUBMIT KITS TO TESTING IF THEY BELIEVE A SEXUAL ASSAULT |
00:05:09 | LIKELY OCCURRED. I RECOMMEND LAW ENFORCEMENT |
00:05:14 | AGENCIES FORWARD IN THE BACKLOG KITS NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED. |
00:05:21 | I ANTICIPATE THIS POLICY WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SEXUAL |
00:05:24 | ASSAULT KITS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO BCI IN THE FUTURE. |
00:05:31 | WE ESTIMATE THAT ONLY 50% OF KITS ARE CURRENTLY BEING |
00:05:36 | SUBMITTED. UNDER THIS NEW POLICY, I WOULD |
00:05:40 | ANTICIPATE THAT 90% OF THESE SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES WILL BE |
00:05:46 | SUBMITTED. WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING |
00:05:48 | WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PROCESS THESE IN A TIMELY FASHION. |
00:05:53 | I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE GOING TO COMMIT THE |
00:05:58 | RESOURCES NECESSARY TO GET THIS JOB DONE. |
00:06:01 | NOW, LET ME TALK ABOUT THE OLD SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS THAT HAVE |
00:06:07 | NOT BEEN TESTED AND THAT ARE ON THE SHELVES HERE IN THE STATE OF |
00:06:12 | OHIO. I BELIEVE THE SEXUAL ASSAULT |
00:06:15 | KITS HAVE INTRINSIC VALUE IN SOLVING CRIMES AND PROTECTING |
00:06:20 | VICTIMS. THEREFORE, I HAVE MADE A |
00:06:23 | DECISION THAT WE WILL HIRE FOUR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AT BCI WHO |
00:06:27 | WILL WORK EXCLUSIVELY ON TESTING THESE OLD KITS. |
00:06:33 | OUR HOPE IS TO TEST 1500 OUTSTANDING CASES THE FIRST |
00:06:41 | YEAR AND 3000 EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, AND DO THIS WITHOUT |
00:06:47 | ANY DELAY TO CURRENT DNA TESTING REQUESTS. |
00:06:50 | THIS WILL BE A SEPARATE UNIT WITH FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL |
00:06:54 | DEVOTE THEIR TIME EXCLUSIVELY TO THIS BACKLOG. |
00:06:58 | THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE CARED ABOUT VERY DEEPLY FOR |
00:07:04 | MANY, MANY YEARS. I SAID WHEN I WAS A COUNTY |
00:07:09 | PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CASES WHERE |
00:07:13 | THE RAPE CASES. I TOOK A LOT OF PRIDE IN OUR |
00:07:16 | ABILITY TO PROSECUTE THESE CASES, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE |
00:07:21 | ABILITY TO RETRIEVE DNA AND USE IT IN THOSE DAYS. |
00:07:24 | WHEN I WAS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, I HELPED TO WRITE |
00:07:29 | FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND SECURE FUNDING TO HELP TEST THE |
00:07:34 | BACKLOG. THESE BACKLOG KITS ARE IMPORTANT |
00:07:40 | AND NEED TO BE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM. |
00:07:41 | PRESUMING A KIT WILL BE TESTED WHEN A SEXUAL ASSAULT LIKELY HAS |
00:07:50 | OCCURRED IS GOOD PUBLIC POLICY THAT HELPS VICTIMS, PROTECTS |
00:07:54 | CITIZENS, AND ASSISTS THE ENTIRE LAW-ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. |
00:08:00 | SEX OFFENDER DNA WILL BE UPLOADED IN THE DATABASE. |
00:08:05 | AND IT MAY LINK PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED OFFENDERS TO |
00:08:10 | UNSOLVED CRIMES ACROSS STATE LINES. |
00:08:13 | WE WANT TO ASSURE THAT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THEIR |
00:08:18 | CASES WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. WE ARE DETERMINED TO BRING THESE |
00:08:25 | RAPISTS TO JUSTICE. I WILL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO |
00:08:29 | ANY QUESTIONS. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BACKLOG |
00:08:33 | IS GOING TO BE? HOW MANY ARE OUT THERE? |
00:08:37 | >> WE SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW. WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING. |
00:08:42 | WE ALREADY STARTED RECEIVING BACKLOG KITS FROM CUYAHOGA |
00:08:48 | COUNTY. DO WE KNOW THE TOTAL? |
00:08:51 | 2000 FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY ALONE. THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO |
00:08:59 | SEND THEIRS TO US. WE JUST DO NOT KNOW. |
00:09:02 | IS IT DIFFICULT -- IT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO DETERMINE |
00:09:13 | BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW MANY RAPE KITS WENT OUT AND CAME BACK. |
00:09:18 | WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW IS HOW MANY WERE NEVER USED AT ALL. |
00:09:25 | SO IT IS DIFFICULT FRANKLY TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT BACKLOG IS. |
00:09:30 | >> WHAT IS THE COST OF THE NEW UNIT? |
00:09:37 | >> WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS UNIT. |
00:09:43 | TOM CAN GET YOU THE FIGURES LATER TODAY OF WHAT THAT WILL |
00:09:49 | COST. THIS IS A BRAND NEW UNIT. |
00:09:52 | THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO BE TRAINED. |
00:09:56 | THUS, YOU HAVE 1500 THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN WE WILL PICK IT UP |
00:10:02 | TO 3000 EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER. SO, I MADE A DECISION TO DO |
00:10:12 | THIS IN THIS WAY BECAUSE CANDIDLY I WAS CONCERNED THAT |
00:10:19 | YOU WOULD NEVER GET THE BACKLOG IF YOU DID NOT THROW THEM ALL IN |
00:10:24 | TOGETHER. WE HAVE TO WORK ON THE BACKLOG |
00:10:27 | DURING THE SAME TIME WE ARE DEALING WITH CURRENT CASES. |
00:10:31 | >> HOW FAR BACK AS A COKE? -- HOW FAR BACK DOES IT GO? |
00:10:39 | >> [INAUDIBLE] >> IT COULD BE THE EARLY 1990'S. |
00:10:47 | >> DOES SOEM OF THIS COME OUT BECAUSE OF THE FACT -- |
00:10:54 | >> YES, I THINK THAT CLEARLY GOT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. |
00:10:58 | WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL THE FACTS, I THINK THAT CASE |
00:11:03 | DEMONSTRATES THAT YOU WANT THIS INFORMATION EVEN IF YOU DO NOT |
00:11:12 | KNOW HOW TO USE IT. YOU WANT THIS INFORMATION EVEN |
00:11:16 | IF YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A LINKAGE TO LINK IT UP BECAUSE IN |
00:11:22 | THE FUTURE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO LINK IT UP. |
00:11:25 | WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS STATE |
00:11:32 | TO GETTING DNA PROFILES INTO A NATIONAL DATABASE. |
00:11:36 | SAID THE TESTING OF THESE KITS, WHILE THEY MAY NOT LEAD EACH ONE |
00:11:44 | TO AN ARREST IMMEDIATELY, IT ADDS TO OUR KNOWLEDGE AND |
00:11:50 | ABILITY TO SOLVE CRIMES IN THE FUTURE AND ADDS TO THE ABILITY |
00:11:54 | OF KEEPING SEX OFFENDERS OFF THE STREETS. |
00:11:57 | MR. COHEN, YOU ARE LATE. >> [INAUDIBLE] |
00:12:04 | >> THIS SEXUAL ASSAULT COMMISSION MOVES VERY QUICKLY. |
00:12:12 | >> WHAT IS THERE JUSTIFICATION? >> WE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY BEING |
00:12:21 | CRITICAL OF POLICE OFFICERS OR AGENCIES. |
00:12:25 | THEY HAVE A LOT OF BUDGETARY PROBLEMS. |
00:12:28 | THERE WERE MANY REASONS FOR THE DIFFERENT DECISIONS. |
00:12:33 | YOU REALLY WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THESE AGENCIES. |
00:12:36 | THERE HAS NEVER BEEN CLEAR-CUT GUIDELINES IN THE STATE OF OHIO. |
00:12:43 | IN SOME CASES, PEOPLE VERY UNDERSTANDABLY FEEL IF WE CANNOT |
00:12:49 | MAKE AN IMMEDIATE CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NOT DO THIS. |
00:12:54 | THIS COMMISSION LOOKED AT THAT ATTITUDE AND THIS COMMISSION |
00:13:00 | BASICALLY SAID UNLESS WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE LAW |
00:13:07 | ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR AGENCY DOES NOT THINK A CRIME WAS |
00:13:11 | COMMITTED OR IF THERE WAS REALLY AN ASSAULT, WE SHOULD TEST IT |
00:13:16 | BECAUSE THIS IS VOLLEYBALL EVIDENCE AND VERY IMPORTANT. |
00:13:20 | -- BECAUSE THIS IS VALUABLE EVIDENCE AND VERY IMPORTANT. |
00:13:26 | THIS IS A FAIRLY DRAMATIC CHANGE IN POLICY IN THE STATE OF OHIO. |
00:13:30 | IT WILL BE UP TO EACH JURISDICTION WHAT THEY DO WITH |
00:13:35 | THIS, BUT MY JOB IS TO TRY TO SET THE RIGHT STANDARDS. |
00:13:41 | I DID NOT JUST MAKE IT UP. WE DID IT WITH A COMMISSION THAT |
00:13:45 | HAD THAT EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA AND CAME BACK UNANIMOUSLY |
00:13:49 | WITH THIS RESOLUTION. MY JOB IS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE |
00:13:55 | FOR LOCAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO SUBMIT A. |
00:13:58 | -- SUBMIT IT. WE ARE SAYING BRING THEM TO BCI. |
00:14:04 | WE WILL PROCESS THEM. >> WHAT WILL BE THE FALLOUT? |
00:14:11 | >> WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO JUMP FROM 1000 SUBMISSIONS AT BCI |
00:14:23 | EVERY YEAR, TALKING ABOUT FUTURE CASES, 1000 EVERY YEAR TO 2000. |
00:14:32 | >> WHAT WILL THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF -- WILL MORE PEOPLE BE |
00:14:37 | INDICTED? >> IT IS GOING TO MEAN THAT |
00:14:41 | VICTIM WILL HAVE THEIR RAPE KIT TESTED AND BE ASSURED WE ARE |
00:14:51 | DOING EVERYTHING AS A SOCIETY TO CATCH THEIR ASSAILANT. |
00:14:55 | EVEN IF WE CANNOT GET THEM TODAY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CATCH |
00:14:59 | THEM FIVE YEARS FROM NOW BECAUSE OF THAT KIT TESTED TODAY. |
00:15:05 | THIS IS ABOUT JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS. |
00:15:08 | THIS IS ABOUT DOING WHAT IS RIGHT. |
00:15:11 | THIS IS ALL ABOUT LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED TO GO AFTER |
00:15:19 | SEXUAL -- THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SEXUAL PREDATORS. |
00:15:26 | AND IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. >> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT |
00:15:32 | BILL WAS SAYING, WHEN A RAPE OCCURS, RAPE KIT TURNED IN -- IS |
00:15:43 | IT THE COST OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO TURN THAT KIT |
00:15:45 | N? OR IS THE COST BORNE ON THE |
00:15:51 | STATE? >> WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS |
00:15:54 | THERE HAS BEEN A RAPE KIT ALREADY DONE. |
00:15:57 | SO THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST TO LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS |
00:16:03 | OTHER THAN TRANSPORTING IT TO BCI. |
00:16:06 | BUT WE TAKE THE BURDEN OF DOING THE TESTING. |
00:16:14 | IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR JOB TO DO THAT. |
00:16:18 | WE ARE JUST SAYING A CHANGE IN POLICY. |
00:16:21 | WE ARE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE. WE ARE ESTIMATING THE THE |
00:16:28 | NUMBERS. WE THINK, BASED ON ALL OF THE |
00:16:32 | EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE, IT IS GOING TO INCREASE ALMOST DOUBLE. |
00:16:37 | >> HOW DO YOU ADDRESS ABOUT THESE STATISTICS OF THE VICTIMS |
00:16:44 | OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHO ARE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD AND DO THIS KIT. |
00:16:48 | IS THERE ANY EDUCATION THAT IT WILL BE DONE IN THE DEPARTMENT |
00:16:54 | TO ENCOURAGE -- >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO |
00:16:56 | AT OPOTA -- WE HAVE A ROBUST EFFORT TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT |
00:17:07 | AND TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
00:17:09 | CANDIDLY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS. |
00:17:14 | WHEN I WAS A PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SOCIETY DID NOT DO A |
00:17:18 | GOOD JOB HELPING VICTIMS. VICTIMS WERE HELPED ON AN AD HOC |
00:17:23 | BASIS. WE WOULD WORK WITH RAPE VICTIMS. |
00:17:27 | I KNOW PEOPLE FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND IT WAS NOT A |
00:17:32 | SYSTEMATIC PROCESS. TODAY, WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER |
00:17:36 | SYSTEM. A LOT OF THESE ARE FUNDED |
00:17:42 | THROUGH THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OFFICE. |
00:17:44 | IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO. |
00:17:48 | >> YOU HAVE 1000 NOW, THINKING IT WILL DOUBLE TO 2000 PLUS THE |
00:18:00 | UNKNOWN SIDE OF THE BACKLOG. [INAUDIBLE] |
00:18:02 | >> YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE HUMAN BEINGS. |
00:18:11 | ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS OCCURRED AT BCI, IT IS GOING TO |
00:18:20 | SIGNIFICANTLY SPEED UP THE WHOLE PROCESS. |
00:18:21 | THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE. |
00:18:30 | EVERY PERSON COSTS X NUMBER OF DOLLARS. |
00:18:34 | WE COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU TODAY THE ESTIMATED COST PER |
00:18:40 | RAPE KIT. NO REASON WE COULD NOT COME UP |
00:18:45 | WITH THAT FIGURE BASED ON HOW FAST YOU GUYS COME UP WITH. |
00:18:49 | OK. WE CAN DO THAT. |
00:18:52 | >> IN TERMS OF MAKING THIS POLICY STRONGER, [INAUDIBLE] |
00:19:01 | >> WELL, I'D LIKE TO ALWAYS TRY IT WITHOUT DOING THAT AND SEEING |
00:19:11 | HOW IT WORKS. WHAT THE RESULTS WILL BE, WE |
00:19:17 | DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK BY MAKING A CLEAR TO |
00:19:23 | LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE THESE KITS TO US AND |
00:19:28 | THERE IS NO COST TO YOU, I THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL WANT |
00:19:32 | TO DO IT.BEEN GOING SO I THINK WE WILL ACHIEVE WHAT |
00:19:40 | WE WANT TO ACHIEVE WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION. |
00:19:44 | LET ME JUST AGAIN STATE THAT REASONABLE PEOPLE HAVE HAD |
00:19:57 | DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW ABOUT WHAT RAPE KITS NEED TO BE |
00:20:02 | SUBMITTED. WE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY BEING |
00:20:08 | CRITICAL OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. |
00:20:10 | AS FAR AS THE FUTURE, NO, THERE ARE NO REPERCUSSIONS. |
00:20:16 | I THINK ONCE YOU HAVE A AGREED UPON GOLD STANDARD, THE PROPER |
00:20:28 | WAY TO DO SOMETHING, I THINK MOST LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES |
00:20:35 | WILL FOLLOW THAT PARTICULARLY WHEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS |
00:20:38 | SAYING BRING THEM TO US AND THERE IS NO COST TO YOU. |
00:20:42 | >> THERE IS NO COST AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A COST. |
00:20:47 | WHAT IS THE DOWNSIDE? >> LET ME ASK SOME OF MY |
00:20:58 | EXPERTS. COME ON AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF. |
00:21:05 | YOU HAVE TO STAND OVER HERE. >> STEVE SCHUMAKER. |
00:21:10 | I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WITH LOCAL AGENCIES, THEY WERE |
00:21:15 | ATTEMPTING TO BE VERY ACCOMMODATING TO THE LAB. |
00:21:18 | THEY REALIZED IN THE PAST WITH TURNAROUND TIMES AND SO FORTH, |
00:21:23 | THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL OF SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS FOR |
00:21:26 | HIGHER PRIORITY KITS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. |
00:21:31 | THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS INCREASED THE RESOURCES AT BCI |
00:21:36 | TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY WHERE WE CAN TAKE THIS ON WITHOUT SLOWING |
00:21:40 | THINGS DOWN. >> HALF OF THE RAPE KITS HAVE |
00:21:45 | NOT BEEN SUBMITTED TO BCI. THEY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO |
00:21:52 | OTHER CRIME LABS. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY CRIME LAB IN |
00:21:57 | THE STATE OF OHIO. THERE ARE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT |
00:22:01 | DO NOT ROUTINELY SEND THINGS TO BCI. |
00:22:03 | SO THEY MIGHT BE SENDING THEM TO CLEVELAND FOR EXAMPLE TO THEIR |
00:22:09 | OWN CRIME LOUD. THAT WAS A DECISION BETWEEN THE |
00:22:14 | CRIME LAB, CLEVELAND, AND CLEVELAND COUNTY. |
00:22:18 | CURRENTLY, WE GET ABOUT HALF OF THE KITS THAT COME IN. |
00:22:24 | WE ARE SAYING WE WILL TAKE THEM ALL. |
00:22:28 | IT IS A DIFFERENT. IT REMOVES THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM |
00:22:33 | THAT WAS A VERY REAL PROBLEM. I THINK THERE WAS A FEELING THAT |
00:22:39 | IN SOME CASES, THE VALUE WAS NOT AS HIGH AS SOME OTHER CASES AND |
00:22:46 | THAT IS TRUE. BUT IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT |
00:22:49 | GOING AFTER THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM IN MY |
00:22:54 | OPINION. THE ONLY CASES THAT WE ARE |
00:22:58 | RECOMMENDING THAT NOT BE SUBMITTED WOULD BE A CASE WHERE |
00:23:03 | IT IS CLEAR TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT DESPITE WHAT |
00:23:07 | THEY THOUGHT INITIALLY, THIS WAS NOT A CRIME. |
00:23:10 | THIS WAS NOT A SEXUAL ASSAULT. WE CAN ALL DREAM UP OUR OWN |
00:23:17 | SCENARIOS OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE. THAT WOULD BE UNJUST TO PUT THAT |
00:23:23 | DNA IN THE DATABASE. IT WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT THING |
00:23:27 | TO DO. >> SO YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THE LOW |
00:23:35 | NUMBER SUBMITTED IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE ACCUSATIONS OF THE |
00:23:43 | ALLEGED CRIME VICTIMS. >> NO. |
00:23:45 | NO ONE SHOULD MISINTERPRET THIS ABOUT WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS |
00:23:54 | DONE IN THE PAST. THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT POINTS |
00:23:57 | OF VIEW ABOUT IT AND EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE ABOUT |
00:24:01 | THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THE OLD WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS |
00:24:07 | WAS IF WE DID NOT THINK WE COULD LINK UP A SUSPECT, WHY SOME GET |
00:24:13 | IT? WE NOW KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. |
00:24:15 | WE NOW KNOW WE NEED THIS INFORMATION IN THE DATABASE. |
00:24:20 | IF WE REALLY THINK THERE WAS A CRIME SEMITIC, GET IT IN THE |
00:24:25 | DATABASE. THE ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT SEX |
00:24:28 | OFFENDERS IS THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. |
00:24:33 | WE GET IT IN THE DATABASE, WE WILL CATCH THE GUY. |
00:24:37 | WHO ELSE? ALL RIGHT. |
00:24:41 | THAN KYOU ALL. CAPTIONED BY THE |
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