Sexual Assault Kits

As of December 1, 2022, there were 485 untested sexual assault evidence collection kits held in the LPD Property Unit. These remain preserved as evidence. There are no untested kits held in LPD Property that were collected as evidence prior to 2004.

Beginning July 2022, any case, other than anonymous sexual assaults, will have the sexual assault kit tested for evidence. The untested kits held in LPD Property are cases involving kits where the survivor insisted the kit not be tested, or kits collected for other agencies. LPD, along with best practice, honors the consent and direction of the anonymous survivor not to have their kit submitted for testing.

Year Collected Total Kits  Tested  Untested 
 1997  1  1 0
 1998 1 1 0
 1999 1 1 0
 2000 2 2 0
 2001 0 0 0
 2002 3 3 0
 2003 3 3 0
 2004 2 1 1
 2005 1 0 1
 2006 2 2 0
 2007 1 1 0
 2008 22 20 2
 2009 11 10 1
 2010 19 16 3
 2011 26 20 6
 2012 26 21 5
 2013 23 15 8
 2014  61  40 21
 2015 85 40 45
 2016 91 41 50
 2017 94 43 51
 2018 101 57 44
 2019 113 58 55
 2020 123 57 66
 2021 144 60 84
 2022 117 75 42
 Total 1,073 588 485

 

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