Houston police are using trauma therapists to help clear the massive backlog of sexual assault cases deactivated by the department’s Special Victims Division.
Special needs child suffers cuts, bruises after he says teacher punched him in face for trying to perfect his homeworkTrauma therapist Chau Nguyen says it takes an incredible amount of courage for survivors of sexual assault to go through the criminal justice system.. Chau Nguyen and her colleagues with The Forensic Center of Excellence will do forensic interviews for police. Nguyen tells KPRC 2 Investigates reporter“So many survivors wait and wait. They want that justice.
“There are survivors who have moved on. They’re working on their healing. I say this all the time. You can get healing. . . You may not get that in the criminal justice system. And that is what we’re seeing.” “So can you imagine not hearing from law enforcement waiting and just not knowing and then moving forward with your life, and then all of a sudden you get a call saying, we’ve resurrected your case. Can you come in?”“And it’s unfortunate, but I don’t know what caused the suicide,” Chief Finner said in a news conference this week apologizing to sexual assault survivors and their families.
“I do believe in my heart of hearts that Houston police, that Chief Finner is doing all they can after learning about this. But you have to wonder, is it a little too late when you hear of a case of death by suicide?”
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