1 Public Safety, Finance, and
Strategic Support Committee
San José Police Department
Gender-Based Violence Response and
Strategy Annual Report
Date: March 16, 2023
Item: (d) 1
2 Gender-Based Violence Response and
Strategy Annual Report
1. Update on sexual assault work items
2. Sexual assault crime statistics and trends
3. Sexual Assault Investigations Unit (SAIU) report
4. Challenges and recommendations
3 1. UPDATE ON SEXUAL ASSAULT
WORK ITEMS
4 # SAN JOSÉ WORK ITEMS STATUS
1. Implementation of the Sexual Assault Bill of Rights as part of the Sexual Assault Response and Strategy Workplan, including community advocate agency feedback a. Create applicable Duty Manual sections Completed
b. Evaluate and re-format Department resource cards Completed c. Collaborate with advocates and community partners Completed d. Provide a SAFE Exam to survivors of sexual assault regardless of recency of crime Completed
2. Gender-Based Violence Response and Strategy Work Plan a. Report SAFE exam numbers at the bi-monthly PSFSS meeting Completed b. Expand the Sexual Assault Response and Strategy Workplan to the Gender-Based Violence Response and Strategy Workplan Completed
c. School intervention training Completed
d. Prepare an MBA in the FY 2021-22 to add two crime and data analysts (one dedicated to gender-based violence) Completed
e. Three(3)-direction intersectionality between domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking Completed
f. Report to PSFSS with data on the intersection between use of firearms and intimate partner violence Completed
g. Trauma-Informed Care training for all officers Completed 5 # SAN JOSÉ WORK ITEMS (cont’d) STATUS
2. Gender-Based Violence Response and Strategy Work Plan (cont’d) h. Sub-Standard Housing Study In Process
i. Domestic Violence High-Risk Response Team In Process j. Vigilant Parent Initiative training In Process
k. Sexual Assault Bill of Rights (see work item #1) Completed l. Increase number of SAIU detectives by five (5) + one (1) sergeant Pending m. Report to PSFSS Committee on plan for staff allocation in SAIU, SVU, and FVU Pending # SANTA CLARA COUNTY WORK ITEMS STATUS
1. Joint City/County annual meeting on gender-based violence Completed
2. Review and explore recommendations from housing presentation for potential additional work items
Completed
3. Ethnic-based agency workgroup and build-out Completed
4. Strangulation evidence collection In Process
5. Explore cost and funding of two child forensic interviewers to the CAC Completed
6. Joint City/County working group regarding pediatric SAFEs, report back to PSFSS committee Completed 6 2. SEXUAL ASSAULT CRIME
STATISTICS AND TRENDS
7 Count of Sexual Assault Related Primary Offenses
Period: 2017-2022
THIS REPORT IS HIERARCHY BASED, CRIME TOTALS REFLECT ONE OFFENSE (THE MOST SEVERE) PER INCIDENT.
These statistics are sourced from the San José Police Department's records management system. They are not used to report to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and therefore should not be compared to the UCR submitted statistics. This report is run by the dates the crimes are reported and statistics may be subject ot change due to the reclassification or unfounding of crimes. 8 Count of Primary Offense – Child Molest Category
Period: 2017-2022
MONTH 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL MO AVG
Jan 43 36 51 71 42 52 295 49
Feb 47 37 30 51 43 51 259 43
Mar 51 58 54 38 61 63 325 54
Apr 40 56 48 26 50 45 265 44
May 50 35 80 22 52 56 295 49
Jun 36 32 78 23 41 38 248 41
Jul 30 29 58 43 54 39 253 42
Aug 39 27 61 29 25 50 231 39
Sep 33 80 70 48 40 45 316 53
Oct 63 36 37 36 48 62 282 47
Nov 38 22 47 34 61 44 246 41
Dec 38 38 34 32 42 45 229 38
TOTAL 508 486 648 453 559 590 3244
6-YR
AVG
YR AVG 42 41 54 38 47 49 -- 541
TABLE 2
COUNT OF PRIMARY OFFENSE - CHILD MOLEST CATEGORY
ONLY
On average, more
incidents are
reported during the
school year than
summer and winter
break months
9 Count of Primary Offense – Rape Category
Period: 2016-2021
10 Count and Heatmap of Age of Survivors
(Juvenile/Adult)
Period: 2017-2022
AGE 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL
0 3 2 1 6
1 2 3 2 1 5 13
2 5 5 9 6 4 3 32
3 5 12 17 12 6 12 64
4 11 13 26 14 15 13 92
5 16 15 21 11 13 17 93
6 14 15 32 16 12 15 104
7 16 25 16 16 16 13 102
8 18 14 16 20 13 26 107
9 23 23 15 24 27 34 146
10 27 38 44 24 25 38 196
11 47 43 40 25 48 47 250
12 48 69 88 46 53 76 380
13 113 85 96 69 75 80 518
14 101 110 90 79 105 104 589
15 128 106 126 71 111 119 661
16 145 123 126 83 94 124 695
17 110 126 132 103 116 109 696
TOTAL 829 828 896 619 736 836 4744
TABLE 4.A COUNT AND HEATMAP OF AGE OF JUV
SURVIVORS AT TIME OF REPORT
PERIOD: JANUARY 1, 2017 - DECEMBER 31, 2022
*Note that there was no data (DOB) to calculate age for 77 Adult and Juv- Survivors
AGE 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL
18-29 289 263 332 273 329 379 1865
30-39 138 132 146 175 185 235 1011
40-49 118 104 96 112 116 162 708
50-59 45 63 66 54 58 76 362
60+ 34 42 43 36 27 42 224
TOTAL 624 604 683 650 715 894 4170
TABLE 4.B COUNT AND HEATMAP OF AGE OF ADULT
SURVIVORS AT TIME OF REPORT
PERIOD: JANUARY 1, 2017 - DECEMBER 31, 2022
*Note that there was no data (DOB) to calculate age for 77 Adult and Juv- Survivors
11 Heat Map of the Top 20 Zip Codes of Survivors
(Juvenile/Adult)
Period: 2017-2022
# ZIP CODE 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL # ZIP CODE 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL 1 95112 29 88 87 90 87 171 552 11 95136 8 30 42 31 31 53 195 2 95122 29 69 90 70 75 114 447 12 95148 3 33 23 27 40 46 172 3 95116 23 63 88 65 78 107 424 13 95124 11 43 24 26 26 35 165 4 95127 25 68 79 66 68 108 414 14 95117 10 24 18 25 37 49 163 5 95111 25 58 67 46 64 109 369 15 95121 5 29 32 23 26 44 159 6 95123 21 57 65 61 57 83 344 16 95128 8 30 30 24 23 44 159 7 95125 17 41 45 34 31 84 252 17 95133 4 17 14 23 22 24 104 8 95126 14 32 42 28 43 64 223 18 95120 7 16 26 14 18 18 99 9 95110 9 29 41 35 38 61 213 19 95132 4 15 25 12 14 29 99 10 95118 23 31 39 30 30 52 205 20 95008 5 15 13 13 23 19 88 TABLE 5.A TOP 20 COUNT AND HEAT MAP OF ZIP CODE OF JUV AND ADULT SURVIVORS PERIOD: JANUARY 1, 2017 - DECEMBER 31, 2022
12 Heat Map of Survivor Ethnicity (Juvenile/Adult)
Period: 2017-2022
ETHNICITY 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL %
H-HISPANIC/LATIN/MEXICAN 319 772 938 727 846 1002 4604 54.3% W-CAUCASIAN 102 291 357 269 294 341 1654 19.5%
ASIAN* 46 167 166 169 190 206 944 11.1%
O-OTHER 56 113 132 147 149 207 804 9.5%
B-AFRICAN AMERICAN 21 54 88 66 84 98 411 4.8%
X-UNKNOWN 2 2 1 5 13 13 36 0.4%
I-AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE 3 8 2 7 11 31 0.4%
TOTAL 546 1402 1690 1385 1583 1878 8484 100.0%
TABLE 6.A COUNT OF SURVIVOR (JUV AND ADULT) ETHNICITY
PERIOD: JANUARY 1, 2017 - DECEMBER 31, 2022
*Asian is inclusive of: V-Vietnamese, F-Filipino, A-Other Asian, Z-Asian Indian, C-Chinese, P-Pacific Islander, S-Samoan, U-Hawaiian, J-Japanese, D-Cambodian, K-Korean, L-Laotian, G-Guamanian 13 3. SEXUAL ASSAULTS INVESTIGATIONS
UNIT (SAIU) REPORT
14 Count of SAIU Internal Case Status
***NOTE: In March of 2020, three (3) investigative units (ICAC/Child Exploits Detail, Human Trafficking Detail, Megan's Law/290) were removed from SAIU to create the Special Victims Unit (SVU). The data reflects Case Closure by SAIU ORG Handles: IS1, IS2, IS3, IS4, I290, ISACM, ISIC, ISCF to include cases closed prior to the March 2020 Bi-Furcation INTERNAL STATUS 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 TOTAL % CHG 17 VS 22
DA SUBMISSIONS 532 563 682 798 958 1092 4625 105.3%
K - LACK OF INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES 583 637 535 4 1759 -100.0% E - ALL LEADS EXHAUSTED 61 59 64 163 436 451 1234 639.3% X - TRANSFERRED TO OTHER AGENCY 93 116 100 104 193 241 847 159.1% L - LAW ENFORCEMENT REJECT (INCLUDES CIVIL) 142 104 210 63 14 16 549 -88.7% N - NON-WORKER (NO LEADS) 58 24 5 41 16 40 184 -31.0%
H - VICTIM REQUESTED CLOSURE 2 40 110 11 1 164 NC
G - LACK OF VIC COOPERATION (ATTEMPTS MADE/NO CONTACT) 1 51 86 10 8 156 NC O - OPEN 6 122 128 NC
Q - ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION 11 14 14 1 3 4 47 -63.6%
P - PENDING LAB RESULTS 1 12 5 18 NC
W - JUVENILE NON-CRIMINAL REFERRAL 2 1 3 3 3 12 -100.0% B - RE-OPEN 1 2 5 8 400.0%
M - MISSING PERSON LOCATED (MP ONLY) 1 1 2 NC
TOTAL 1483 1522 1705 1373 1664 1986 9733 33.9%
TABLE 1.A: COUNT OF INTERNAL CASE STATUS
PERIOD: JANUARY 1, 2017 - DECEMBER 31, 2022
*NOTE: DA Submissions is inclusive of: DA REJECT, COMPLAINT FILED, SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW, JUV CRIM REF, CLOSED JUDICIAL NC - not calculable | please note that comparing small numbers may result in large percentage changes *NOTE: DA Submissions are inclusive of: DA REJECT, COMPLAINT FILED, SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW, JUV CRIM REF, CLOSED JUDICIAL 15 Sexual Assault Bill of Rights
Three-prong approach:
Create applicable Duty Manual
sections
Evaluate and re-format
Department resource cards
Collaborate with advocates and
community partners
16 Grant Awards
The Department has been awarded the following grants:
1. On October 6, 2021, the Department was notified of a $22,516 award (DOJ-USAEG-Backlog Reduction-2020-
2021-01). This grant is a “matching grant.” Therefore, the total amount received is $45,032.
2. On December 16, 2021, the Department was notified of a $1,425,000 award (15PBJA-21-GG-04346-SAKI
Notification).
• SAIU personnel will utilize the $1,470,032 to test the Department’s entire backlog of untested SAFE Kits.
17 4. CHALLENGES AND
MOVING FORWARD
18 Challenges
1. The Department was not awarded the Office of Violence Against Women grant, which funds SAIU’s In-House YWCA advocate. Not having a fulltime advocate assigned to SAIU will have an impact on our service model and our ability to meet the goal of providing timely advocacy to all survivors of Sexual Assault who choose advocacy.
– A Budget proposal was submitted requesting on-going funding for the inhouse advocate (currently in Phase 2 review).
2. Currently, the lieutenants in SAIU and the Special Victims Unit (SVU) rely on one analyst to supply data to make data-informed decisions. – SAIU and SVU submitted a budget proposal to fund additional analysts 19 Moving Forward
1. SAIU will continue to partner with Crime Prevention Unit Specialists to provide prevention and intervention services to communities experiencing higher levels of abuse.
2. SAIU personnel will work more closely with all ethnic-based agencies (with an emphasis on the Asian service providers) to ensure that we have a more equitable approach to education and intervention in those communities. 20 Thank You!
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