Document Author: International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.

Striving to strengthen sexual assault investigations and set national uniform standards for sexual assault case coding and documentation, the IACP created the Sexual Assault Guidelines: Supplemental Report Form and Investigative […]

IACP’s sexual assault roll-call training video “Bringing Sexual Assault Offenders to Justice” was developed to expand our law enforcement educational efforts on the crime of sexual assault and accompany the […]

Members of law enforcement are in a unique and visible position in the communities they serve. They are entrusted with the authority to enforce laws and protect the civil rights […]

In 1994, Congress enacted the full faith and credit provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) [18 U.S.C. ? 2265-66]. The federal law directs jurisdictions to give full faith […]

The following guidelines and interview strategies are basedupon national best practices regarding sexual assault incidentinvestigations and were developed in collaboration with local,state, and federal law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates,medical, and forensic […]

The IACP created the Sexual Assault Response Policy and Training Content Guidelines to support law enforcement agencies with the development of comprehensive sexual assault policies. The Policy and Training Guidelines […]