There was a policy that said "its ok to charge victims for rape kits". As he noted, the city tried to charge insurance first. Furthermore, the document you link to says that there were no records of billings for fiscal year 2000,2001,2002. It also notes that the law banning the practice of charging victims for rape kits went into effect on 8/14/2000, so it would have been illegal to charge them in fiscal 2001 or 2002. Since that document only covers 2000 to 2002 and the bill went into effect in August of 2000, all we can say for certain from that document is that no victims were billed during the first 8 months of 2000. Possibly even less if the fiscal year started later than Jan 1st (I don't know what fiscal year they operate on).
The city didn't charge any rape victims for 8 months, whoopee! That still doesn't change their policy. Or perhaps the Police Chief was lying? Judah On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not according to the official records > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I'm sure the Police Chief himself would agree with you, but in actuality > the > > police chief was just fine with charging the rape victim if necessary: > > > > --quote-- > > While the Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies have > > covered the cost of exams, which cost between $300 to $1,200 apiece, the > > Wasilla police department does charge the victims of sexual assault for > the > > tests. > > > > Wasilla Police Chief Charlie Fannon does not agree with the new > legislation, > > saying the law will require the city and communities to come up with more > > funds to cover the costs of the forensic exams. > > > > In the past weve charged the cost of exams to the victims insurance > company > > when possible. I just dont want to see any more burden put on the > taxpayer, > > Fannon said. > > > > According to Fannon, the new law will cost the Wasilla Police Department > > approximately $5,000 to $14,000 a year to collect evidence for sexual > > assault cases. > > > > Ultimately it is the criminal who should bear the burden of the added > costs, > > Fannon said. > > > > -- end quote -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270447 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
