Monthly Check-in January-June 2021
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Notes from call
Holding 2-day sexual assault conference on Feb 23-24
Bill Cosby prosecutor to present
Will be live streamed
BTK prosecutor to present
Green mile killer detective to present
Partially tested kits inventory
Have full list from DPS and Cesar to review
Not including Phoenix, Mesa, or Scottsdale right now.
Will do phased plan
Advanced DNA testing: In progress with grant modification to allow advanced testing for kits outside of MCAO jurisdiction
Developed AZ sexual assault investigators network, meeting 1x a month.
Want to become the main cold case unit for AZ.
Plan to apply for FY2021 funding with Purpose Area 1 grant.
Overall, we felt good about our conference (even with some of the technical issues) but we got a pretty good response and feedback from our participants. It did drain me out though so a vacation will be coming shortly! ??
DPS has provided us with a list of all the partially tested SAKs for Maricopa County from all the way back to 2000. I’ll get you something in writing in the upcoming weeks.
I’m also glad we got the modification approved! We are starting to reach out to agencies outside Maricopa County to offer our funds for advanced/additional DNA testing and to invite them to join our AzSAIN (Arizona Sex Assault Investigators Network) meetings/training. At the moment, we don’t have any other modifications in mind other than we will likely request an extension to both of our remaining awards. I’ll get with Antonio/Sherry in the upcoming weeks to work on that.
Regarding ViCAP, Christiana Burgess is still our ViCAP point of contact. She did have some barriers at the beginning, but Christiana figured it out and she has not had any recent issues in entering cases on behalf of our agencies.
In the testing of our backlog of unsubmitted SAKs (not counting Phoenix PD) we have had a total of 25 serial offenders that were associated to another sex assault case in the system. We don’t have any other detailed data in those cases.
Our office usually does something for Sex Assault Awareness Month but I’m not sure what’s going to happen this year since we are still mainly working from home. I have a meeting with our internal SAKI team tomorrow, so I’ll bring it up. If we do plan something, I’ll let you know.
AZ DPS is considering applying for FY21 PA3 grant. Julia sent contact info for other state-based PA3 sites to Cesar, and provided recordings for lawfully owed DNA working group previous calls. MCAO have also been in talks with Phoenix about transition process after Phoenix leaves SAKI September 2021.
No updates; scheduled video call for early May
checked in with MCAO. Discussed recent success with East Valley Rapist arrest, and imminent press release. Plan to apply for FY21 funding, that's now announced. Plan to ask for extensions to FY17 and FY18 awards.
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