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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
00:00:14I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY
THANKING THE 11 MEMBERS OF THE
00:00:19SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT COMMISSION AS
WELL AS STEVE SCHUMAKER WHO
00:00:25CHAIRED THE COMMISSION.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE A
00:00:32REVOLUTIONARY NEW POLICY WITH
REGARD TO THE TESTING OF SEXUAL
00:00:36ASSAULT KITS IN THE STATE OF
OHIO.
00:00:39THEY ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
EACH ONE HAS INTRINSIC VALUE TO
00:00:45SOLVING CRIMES AND BRINGING
JUSTICE TO VICTIMS.
00:00:49THEY CONTAIN ALL THE EVIDENCE
TAKEN FROM THE VICTIM WHICH
00:00:54OFTEN INCLUDES INVALUABLE DNA
INFORMATION FROM THE ASSAILANT.
00:00:58WHEN I WAS A COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY IN THE DAYS BEFORE DNA
00:01:04TESTING, IF THE VICTIM DID NOT
KNOW THE ASSAILANT OR IF WE DID
00:01:08NOT GET LUCKY AND CATCH HIM AT
THE SAME, IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT
00:01:14WE WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO
CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE HIM.
00:01:17TODAY, WITH DNA TESTING, WE HAVE
A GOOD CHANCE BECAUSE OF THIS
00:01:25DNA INFORMATION.
WHEN A SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT IS
00:01:30TESTED AND WE GET DNA
INFORMATION, IT GETS ENTERED
00:01:35INTO A NATIONAL DNA DATABASE.
ONCE IT IS THERE, IT IS THEIR.
00:01:41WE HAVE IT FOREVER.
A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN SEXUALLY
00:01:46ASSAULTED -- WE WILL KNOW WHO
DID IT.
00:01:49WE GET THE SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT
AND PUT THE DNA IN THE DATABASE.
00:01:555 OR SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD,
THE ASSAILANT GET PICKED UP FOR
00:02:00ANOTHER CRIME, NOW WE GOT HIM.
IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW LONG AGO
00:02:05THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT OCCURRED.
WE CAN CATCH HIM IN THE FUTURE
00:02:10BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE DNA
IN THE SYSTEM AND WE CAN MAKE
00:02:15THAT MATCH.
THE KEY IS GETTING THAT DNA.
00:02:19WE CAN GET IT BY TESTING SEXUAL
ASSAULT KITS AND DEVELOPING A
00:02:26MORE ROBUST DATABASE THEN WE
HAVE TO DATE.
00:02:30UP UNTIL NOW, A LOT OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT KITS HAVE NOT BEEN
00:02:34SUBMITTED TO TESTING AND MANY
SIT ON EVIDENCE SHELVES ACROSS
00:02:40THE STATE OF OHIO.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS.
00:02:44DNA TESTING IS RELIABLE.
THE SCIENCE IS MORE
00:02:50SOPHISTICATED THAN IT WAS MANY
YEARS AGO.
00:02:53FURTHERMORE, THE JOB OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS EVOLVED AS
00:02:58SCIENCE HAS EVOLVED.
THINKING SHOULD BE EVEN IF YOU
00:03:02DO NOT HAVE A DIRECT MATCH, THAT
KIT STILL HAS VALUE AND NOT JUST
00:03:08FOR A CRIME COMMITTED TODAY BUT
FOR ALL FUTURE CRIMES COMMITTED
00:03:12IN OHIO OR ANYWHERE IN THIS
NATION.
00:03:15FURTHERMORE, IT HAS BECOME
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THEIR ARE
00:03:24SIGNIFICANT INCONSISTENCIES IN
JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE
00:03:27OF OHIO DETERMINING WHETHER A
KIT IS TESTED OR NOT TESTED.
00:03:36THAT SAME KIT, THAT SAME VICTIM,
IF SHE LIVED IN A DIFFERENT
00:03:46JURISDICTION MIGHT NOT BE
TESTED.
00:03:49THAT, I FIND, IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT AND
00:03:56NECESSARY THAT WE BRING TOGETHER
EXPERTS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A
00:04:00UNIFORM, BEST PRACTICES POLICY
FOR THE TESTING OF THESE KITS.
00:04:05THE POLICY THAT YOU SEE BEFORE
YOU TODAY IS A RESULT OF THAT
00:04:10WORK OF THIS GROUP.
I AM VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
00:04:16THAT THE SEXUAL ALSO COMMISSION
UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A
00:04:19RECOMMENDED SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT
TESTING POLICY THAT SETS FORTH
00:04:25NEW STATEWIDE GUIDELINES FOR
FUTURE CASES AS WELL AS NEW
00:04:31STATEWIDE GUIDELINES FOR OLD
CASES.
00:04:34WHERE SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS HAVE
BEEN SITTING ON SHELVES FOR
00:04:42MONTHS AND SOMETIMES YEARS.
THIS NEW POLICY IS
00:04:49STRAIGHTFORWARD AND
UNCOMPLICATED AND WILL BRING
00:04:52GREATER CONSISTENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE SEXUAL
00:04:56ASSAULT KIT TESTING PROCESS.
I STRONGLY URGE LAW-ENFORCEMENT
00:05:03TO SUBMIT KITS TO TESTING IF
THEY BELIEVE A SEXUAL ASSAULT
00:05:09LIKELY OCCURRED.
I RECOMMEND LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:05:14AGENCIES FORWARD IN THE BACKLOG
KITS NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED.
00:05:21I ANTICIPATE THIS POLICY WILL
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SEXUAL
00:05:24ASSAULT KITS THAT ARE SUBMITTED
TO BCI IN THE FUTURE.
00:05:31WE ESTIMATE THAT ONLY 50% OF
KITS ARE CURRENTLY BEING
00:05:36SUBMITTED.
UNDER THIS NEW POLICY, I WOULD
00:05:40ANTICIPATE THAT 90% OF THESE
SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES WILL BE
00:05:46SUBMITTED.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING
00:05:48WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PROCESS
THESE IN A TIMELY FASHION.
00:05:53I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT
WE ARE GOING TO COMMIT THE
00:05:58RESOURCES NECESSARY TO GET THIS
JOB DONE.
00:06:01NOW, LET ME TALK ABOUT THE OLD
SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS THAT HAVE
00:06:07NOT BEEN TESTED AND THAT ARE ON
THE SHELVES HERE IN THE STATE OF
00:06:12OHIO.
I BELIEVE THE SEXUAL ASSAULT
00:06:15KITS HAVE INTRINSIC VALUE IN
SOLVING CRIMES AND PROTECTING
00:06:20VICTIMS.
THEREFORE, I HAVE MADE A
00:06:23DECISION THAT WE WILL HIRE FOUR
ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AT BCI WHO
00:06:27WILL WORK EXCLUSIVELY ON TESTING
THESE OLD KITS.
00:06:33OUR HOPE IS TO TEST 1500
OUTSTANDING CASES THE FIRST
00:06:41YEAR AND 3000 EVERY YEAR
THEREAFTER, AND DO THIS WITHOUT
00:06:47ANY DELAY TO CURRENT DNA TESTING
REQUESTS.
00:06:50THIS WILL BE A SEPARATE UNIT
WITH FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL
00:06:54DEVOTE THEIR TIME EXCLUSIVELY TO
THIS BACKLOG.
00:06:58THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE
CARED ABOUT VERY DEEPLY FOR
00:07:04MANY, MANY YEARS.
I SAID WHEN I WAS A COUNTY
00:07:09PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SOME OF
THE MOST DIFFICULT CASES WHERE
00:07:13THE RAPE CASES.
I TOOK A LOT OF PRIDE IN OUR
00:07:16ABILITY TO PROSECUTE THESE
CASES, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE
00:07:21ABILITY TO RETRIEVE DNA AND USE
IT IN THOSE DAYS.
00:07:24WHEN I WAS IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE, I HELPED TO WRITE
00:07:29FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND SECURE
FUNDING TO HELP TEST THE
00:07:34BACKLOG.
THESE BACKLOG KITS ARE IMPORTANT
00:07:40AND NEED TO BE ENTERED INTO THE
SYSTEM.
00:07:41PRESUMING A KIT WILL BE TESTED
WHEN A SEXUAL ASSAULT LIKELY HAS
00:07:50OCCURRED IS GOOD PUBLIC POLICY
THAT HELPS VICTIMS, PROTECTS
00:07:54CITIZENS, AND ASSISTS THE ENTIRE
LAW-ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY.
00:08:00SEX OFFENDER DNA WILL BE
UPLOADED IN THE DATABASE.
00:08:05AND IT MAY LINK PREVIOUSLY
UNIDENTIFIED OFFENDERS TO
00:08:10UNSOLVED CRIMES ACROSS STATE
LINES.
00:08:13WE WANT TO ASSURE THAT VICTIMS
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THEIR
00:08:18CASES WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
WE ARE DETERMINED TO BRING THESE
00:08:25RAPISTS TO JUSTICE.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO
00:08:29ANY QUESTIONS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BACKLOG
00:08:33IS GOING TO BE?
HOW MANY ARE OUT THERE?
00:08:37>> WE SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW.
WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING.
00:08:42WE ALREADY STARTED RECEIVING
BACKLOG KITS FROM CUYAHOGA
00:08:48COUNTY.
DO WE KNOW THE TOTAL?
00:08:512000 FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY ALONE.
THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO
00:08:59SEND THEIRS TO US.
WE JUST DO NOT KNOW.
00:09:02IS IT DIFFICULT -- IT IS A
DIFFICULT THING TO DETERMINE
00:09:13BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW MANY RAPE
KITS WENT OUT AND CAME BACK.
00:09:18WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW IS HOW MANY
WERE NEVER USED AT ALL.
00:09:25SO 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.
00:09:43TOM CAN GET YOU THE FIGURES
LATER TODAY OF WHAT THAT WILL
00:09:49COST.
THIS IS A BRAND NEW UNIT.
00:09:52THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO BE
TRAINED.
00:09:56THUS, YOU HAVE 1500 THE FIRST
YEAR AND THEN WE WILL PICK IT UP
00:10:02TO 3000 EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER.
SO, I MADE A DECISION TO DO
00:10:12THIS IN THIS WAY BECAUSE
CANDIDLY I WAS CONCERNED THAT
00:10:19YOU WOULD NEVER GET THE BACKLOG
IF YOU DID NOT THROW THEM ALL IN
00:10:24TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO WORK ON THE BACKLOG
00:10:27DURING 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.
00:10:58WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL THE
FACTS, I THINK THAT CASE
00:11:03DEMONSTRATES THAT YOU WANT THIS
INFORMATION EVEN IF YOU DO NOT
00:11:12KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
YOU WANT THIS INFORMATION EVEN
00:11:16IF YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A
LINKAGE TO LINK IT UP BECAUSE IN
00:11:22THE FUTURE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
LINK IT UP.
00:11:25WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN
THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS STATE
00:11:32TO GETTING DNA PROFILES INTO A
NATIONAL DATABASE.
00:11:36SAID THE TESTING OF THESE KITS,
WHILE THEY MAY NOT LEAD EACH ONE
00:11:44TO AN ARREST IMMEDIATELY, IT
ADDS TO OUR KNOWLEDGE AND
00:11:50ABILITY TO SOLVE CRIMES IN THE
FUTURE AND ADDS TO THE ABILITY
00:11:54OF KEEPING SEX OFFENDERS OFF THE
STREETS.
00:11:57MR. 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
00:12:21CRITICAL OF POLICE OFFICERS OR
AGENCIES.
00:12:25THEY HAVE A LOT OF BUDGETARY
PROBLEMS.
00:12:28THERE WERE MANY REASONS FOR THE
DIFFERENT DECISIONS.
00:12:33YOU REALLY WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO
THESE AGENCIES.
00:12:36THERE HAS NEVER BEEN CLEAR-CUT
GUIDELINES IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:12:43IN SOME CASES, PEOPLE VERY
UNDERSTANDABLY FEEL IF WE CANNOT
00:12:49MAKE AN IMMEDIATE CONNECTION,
YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NOT DO THIS.
00:12:54THIS COMMISSION LOOKED AT THAT
ATTITUDE AND THIS COMMISSION
00:13:00BASICALLY SAID UNLESS WE HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE THE LAW
00:13:07ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR AGENCY
DOES NOT THINK A CRIME WAS
00:13:11COMMITTED OR IF THERE WAS REALLY
AN ASSAULT, WE SHOULD TEST IT
00:13:16BECAUSE THIS IS VOLLEYBALL
EVIDENCE AND VERY IMPORTANT.
00:13:20-- BECAUSE THIS IS VALUABLE
EVIDENCE AND VERY IMPORTANT.
00:13:26THIS IS A FAIRLY DRAMATIC CHANGE
IN POLICY IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:13:30IT WILL BE UP TO EACH
JURISDICTION WHAT THEY DO WITH
00:13:35THIS, BUT MY JOB IS TO TRY TO
SET THE RIGHT STANDARDS.
00:13:41I DID NOT JUST MAKE IT UP.
WE DID IT WITH A COMMISSION THAT
00:13:45HAD THAT EXPERIENCE IN THIS
AREA AND CAME BACK UNANIMOUSLY
00:13:49WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
MY JOB IS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE
00:13:55FOR LOCAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES TO SUBMIT A.
00:13:58-- SUBMIT IT.
WE ARE SAYING BRING THEM TO BCI.
00:14:04WE WILL PROCESS THEM.
>> WHAT WILL BE THE FALLOUT?
00:14:11>> WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO JUMP
FROM 1000 SUBMISSIONS AT BCI
00:14:23EVERY YEAR, TALKING ABOUT FUTURE
CASES, 1000 EVERY YEAR TO 2000.
00:14:32>> WHAT WILL THAT MEAN IN TERMS
OF -- WILL MORE PEOPLE BE
00:14:37INDICTED?
>> IT IS GOING TO MEAN THAT
00:14:41VICTIM WILL HAVE THEIR RAPE KIT
TESTED AND BE ASSURED WE ARE
00:14:51DOING EVERYTHING AS A SOCIETY TO
CATCH THEIR ASSAILANT.
00:14:55EVEN IF WE CANNOT GET THEM
TODAY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CATCH
00:14:59THEM FIVE YEARS FROM NOW BECAUSE
OF THAT KIT TESTED TODAY.
00:15:05THIS IS ABOUT JUSTICE FOR
VICTIMS.
00:15:08THIS IS ABOUT DOING WHAT IS
RIGHT.
00:15:11THIS IS ALL ABOUT LEAVING NO
STONE UNTURNED TO GO AFTER
00:15:19SEXUAL -- THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SEXUAL PREDATORS.
00:15:26AND IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT
00:15:32BILL WAS SAYING, WHEN A RAPE
OCCURS, RAPE KIT TURNED IN -- IS
00:15:43IT THE COST OF THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT TO TURN THAT KIT
00:15:45N?
OR IS THE COST BORNE ON THE
00:15:51STATE?
>> WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS
00:15:54THERE HAS BEEN A RAPE KIT
ALREADY DONE.
00:15:57SO THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST
TO LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS
00:16:03OTHER THAN TRANSPORTING IT TO
BCI.
00:16:06BUT WE TAKE THE BURDEN OF DOING
THE TESTING.
00:16:14IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR JOB TO DO
THAT.
00:16:18WE ARE JUST SAYING A CHANGE IN
POLICY.
00:16:21WE ARE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE.
WE ARE ESTIMATING THE THE
00:16:28NUMBERS.
WE THINK, BASED ON ALL OF THE
00:16:32EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE, IT IS
GOING TO INCREASE ALMOST DOUBLE.
00:16:37>> HOW DO YOU ADDRESS ABOUT
THESE STATISTICS OF THE VICTIMS
00:16:44OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHO ARE AFRAID
TO COME FORWARD AND DO THIS KIT.
00:16:48IS THERE ANY EDUCATION THAT IT
WILL BE DONE IN THE DEPARTMENT
00:16:54TO ENCOURAGE --
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO
00:16:56AT OPOTA -- WE HAVE A ROBUST
EFFORT TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:17:07AND TO WORK WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
00:17:09CANDIDLY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.
00:17:14WHEN I WAS A PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY, SOCIETY DID NOT DO A
00:17:18GOOD JOB HELPING VICTIMS.
VICTIMS WERE HELPED ON AN AD HOC
00:17:23BASIS.
WE WOULD WORK WITH RAPE VICTIMS.
00:17:27I KNOW PEOPLE FELL THROUGH THE
CRACKS AND IT WAS NOT A
00:17:32SYSTEMATIC PROCESS.
TODAY, WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER
00:17:36SYSTEM.
A LOT OF THESE ARE FUNDED
00:17:42THROUGH THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL
OFFICE.
00:17:44IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
DEEPLY COMMITTED TO.
00:17:48>> YOU HAVE 1000 NOW, THINKING
IT WILL DOUBLE TO 2000 PLUS THE
00:18:00UNKNOWN SIDE OF THE BACKLOG.
[INAUDIBLE]
00:18:02>> YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE HUMAN
BEINGS.
00:18:11ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS
OCCURRED AT BCI, IT IS GOING TO
00:18:20SIGNIFICANTLY SPEED UP THE WHOLE
PROCESS.
00:18:21THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE.
00:18:30EVERY PERSON COSTS X NUMBER OF
DOLLARS.
00:18:34WE COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU
TODAY THE ESTIMATED COST PER
00:18:40RAPE KIT.
NO REASON WE COULD NOT COME UP
00:18:45WITH THAT FIGURE BASED ON HOW
FAST YOU GUYS COME UP WITH.
00:18:49OK.
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
00:19:11HOW IT WORKS.
WHAT THE RESULTS WILL BE, WE
00:19:17DON'T KNOW.
BUT I THINK BY MAKING A CLEAR TO
00:19:23LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS GIVE THESE KITS TO US AND
00:19:28THERE IS NO COST TO YOU, I
THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL WANT
00:19:32TO DO IT.BEEN GOING
SO I THINK WE WILL ACHIEVE WHAT
00:19:40WE WANT TO ACHIEVE WITHOUT ANY
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION.
00:19:44LET ME JUST AGAIN STATE THAT
REASONABLE PEOPLE HAVE HAD
00:19:57DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW ABOUT
WHAT RAPE KITS NEED TO BE
00:20:02SUBMITTED.
WE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY BEING
00:20:08CRITICAL OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
PAST.
00:20:10AS FAR AS THE FUTURE, NO, THERE
ARE NO REPERCUSSIONS.
00:20:16I THINK ONCE YOU HAVE A AGREED
UPON GOLD STANDARD, THE PROPER
00:20:28WAY TO DO SOMETHING, I THINK
MOST LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
00:20:35WILL FOLLOW THAT PARTICULARLY
WHEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS
00:20:38SAYING 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.
00:20:47WHAT IS THE DOWNSIDE?
>> LET ME ASK SOME OF MY
00:20:58EXPERTS.
COME ON AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
00:21:05YOU HAVE TO STAND OVER HERE.
>> STEVE SCHUMAKER.
00:21:10I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WITH
LOCAL AGENCIES, THEY WERE
00:21:15ATTEMPTING TO BE VERY
ACCOMMODATING TO THE LAB.
00:21:18THEY REALIZED IN THE PAST WITH
TURNAROUND TIMES AND SO FORTH,
00:21:23THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL OF
SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS FOR
00:21:26HIGHER PRIORITY KITS THAT WERE
SUBMITTED.
00:21:31THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS
INCREASED THE RESOURCES AT BCI
00:21:36TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY WHERE WE
CAN TAKE THIS ON WITHOUT SLOWING
00:21:40THINGS DOWN.
>> HALF OF THE RAPE KITS HAVE
00:21:45NOT BEEN SUBMITTED TO BCI.
THEY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO
00:21:52OTHER CRIME LABS.
WE ARE NOT THE ONLY CRIME LAB IN
00:21:57THE STATE OF OHIO.
THERE ARE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT
00:22:01DO NOT ROUTINELY SEND THINGS TO
BCI.
00:22:03SO THEY MIGHT BE SENDING THEM TO
CLEVELAND FOR EXAMPLE TO THEIR
00:22:09OWN CRIME LOUD.
THAT WAS A DECISION BETWEEN THE
00:22:14CRIME LAB, CLEVELAND, AND
CLEVELAND COUNTY.
00:22:18CURRENTLY, WE GET ABOUT HALF OF
THE KITS THAT COME IN.
00:22:24WE ARE SAYING WE WILL TAKE THEM
ALL.
00:22:28IT IS A DIFFERENT.
IT REMOVES THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM
00:22:33THAT WAS A VERY REAL PROBLEM.
I THINK THERE WAS A FEELING THAT
00:22:39IN SOME CASES, THE VALUE WAS NOT
AS HIGH AS SOME OTHER CASES AND
00:22:46THAT IS TRUE.
BUT IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT
00:22:49GOING AFTER THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO
VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM IN MY
00:22:54OPINION.
THE ONLY CASES THAT WE ARE
00:22:58RECOMMENDING THAT NOT BE
SUBMITTED WOULD BE A CASE WHERE
00:23:03IT IS CLEAR TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT DESPITE WHAT
00:23:07THEY THOUGHT INITIALLY, THIS WAS
NOT A CRIME.
00:23:10THIS WAS NOT A SEXUAL ASSAULT.
WE CAN ALL DREAM UP OUR OWN
00:23:17SCENARIOS OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
THAT WOULD BE UNJUST TO PUT THAT
00:23:23DNA IN THE DATABASE.
IT WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT THING
00:23:27TO DO.
>> SO YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THE LOW
00:23:35NUMBER SUBMITTED IS NOT BECAUSE
OF THE ACCUSATIONS OF THE
00:23:43ALLEGED CRIME VICTIMS.
>> NO.
00:23:45NO ONE SHOULD MISINTERPRET THIS
ABOUT WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS
00:23:54DONE IN THE PAST.
THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT POINTS
00:23:57OF VIEW ABOUT IT AND EVERYONE
HAS A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE ABOUT
00:24:01THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE OLD WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS
00:24:07WAS IF WE DID NOT THINK WE COULD
LINK UP A SUSPECT, WHY SOME GET
00:24:13IT?
WE NOW KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
00:24:15WE NOW KNOW WE NEED THIS
INFORMATION IN THE DATABASE.
00:24:20IF WE REALLY THINK THERE WAS A
CRIME SEMITIC, GET IT IN THE
00:24:25DATABASE.
THE ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT SEX
00:24:28OFFENDERS IS THEY ARE GOING TO
DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
00:24:33WE GET IT IN THE DATABASE, WE
WILL CATCH THE GUY.
00:24:37WHO ELSE?
ALL RIGHT.
00:24:41THAN KYOU ALL.
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