JAG Corps, CID Ready To Fight Sexual Assault

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JAG Corps, CID Ready To Fight Sexual Assault

By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Feb 7, 2009 8:31:31 EST

The Army is taking the fight to soldiers who prey on other soldiers through sexual assault and harassment.

According to the Army, 2.6 soldiers per 1,000 reported a sexual assault in 2007, the latest figures available.

But sexual assault in the Army goes mostly unreported, leaders said, despite a reporting system established in 2005 that provides confidential victim assistance without a requirement for investigation.

Army Secretary Pete Geren announced Jan. 27 he has approved authorizations for 20 new prosecutors in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps — five prosecutor trainers in the Trial Counsel Assistance Program and 15 special victim prosecutors in the largest jurisdictions in the Army.

In addition, Criminal Investigation Command, known as CID, will hire seven more sexual-assault experts who will be assigned to CID headquarters, the Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., at the forensic crime laboratory and one for each regional CID group.

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