{"id":10390,"date":"2017-01-13T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T21:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=10390"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:57:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:57:50","slug":"sexual-assault-kit-backlog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/sexual-assault-kit-backlog\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Assault Kit Backlog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJCEfNuzPrk\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nJanuary 13, 2017 &#8211; There is a backlog of 5,440 sexual assault kits around the state according to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saonm.org\/media\/uploads\/SAEK_Audit_12-5-16.pdf\">audit<\/a> released by the State auditor\u2019s office in December.<\/p>\n<p>NMIF producer Sarah Gustavus sat down with the Tim Keller, the state auditor, and Jim Harvey, executive director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/rapecrisiscnm.org\">Rape Crisis Center<\/a> of Central New Mexico, to discuss what could be done legislatively and communally to address this backlog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe audit provides a roadmap for our state to both clear the existing backlog, and once its cleared, to ensure that this never happens again,\u201d Keller said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saonm.org\/media\/news_pdf\/12-6-16_Special_Audit_of_Sexual_Assault_Evidence_Kits.pdf\">recent statement \u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the audit, a large majority of untested kits are in Bernalillo County. 3,948 or 73 percent of total amount of kits are in the county.<\/p>\n<p>The other counties were separated into regions around the state. 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