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Originally Posted by Tee 
And while I believe the police try and do a good job, sometimes they just make things worse for the victim. I know this becuase I have a family member that was recently raped and the local police made things much worse, even accusing her of involvement. After my experience I would caution a victim from coming forward to our local PD. They'll make you relive the horrible experience over and over, submit to intrusive tests and procedures, or perhaps even a lie detector test, with absolutely no results. In our case, we have little faith that our local PD is even still trying to find the perp. |
1st and foremost sorry to hear that happened to a family member.
It's understandable that it is a bad experience. There is nothing good about a sex crime Tee. As far as the victim reliving the experience, well they have to get statements and will probably have the person do it more than once to see if it changes, it has to be accurate to stand up in court. The intrusive tests are the tests they need in court to convict the assailant. They have to consider all avenues, even the victim being not a victim because women calling rape happens frequently (not saying this in the case of your family). As far as
DC PD finding the perp...gotta agree with you there.....