. The department’s failure to connect McCluskey with a victim advocate was one of mistakes cited in a later independent review.
That’s a unique part of being at a university, he said. There are so many other avenues where victims can find support. And it helps, too, he said, when most of those reporting crimes are young adults who largely haven’t lived on their own before coming to college. They might not know when to report to police, what to report to police or the resources they have access to, Hinojosa added.
He said he asked the question when he was a patrol officer 24 years ago. “That’s out of my own ignorance,” he said, saying they can do better now.Hinojosa said this question is meant to be genuine and empower victims, but watching the footage from his officers he felt it came across as negative.
UofUPolice please get a crime/intelligence analyst. Lauren's killer was a registered sex offender. His past was in the open. All this info would have been found out in a heartbeat if only you had a crime analyst at the time 🙏
Every police force should stop saying those three things to people reporting crimes.
They should also include “send me the nudes he’s blackmailing you with. For research purposes.”
UUtah Those three statements . . . they are not really questions . . . let the person reporting know that you aren't there to help them. In fact, you'd rather be doing something important.
UUtah The U needs a crime intelligence analyst (like me). It would have taken a few minutes to find everything about Lauren's killer, who was a registered sex offender, and on the Utah sexual/predator website, including his probation officer's name. Wise up, please! RIPLauren