Introducing the Lookout app! The City of Santa Cruz is defending its efforts to prevent sexual assault and domestic violence and how it tracks related data. A sexual assault and domestic violence prevention report published by the civil grand jury in June criticizes the City of Santa Cruz for failing to provide annual reports that outline efforts to prevent sexual assault and domestic violence.
It has recently produced investigations into county jail conditions , road conditions and affordable housing. Of the 11 findings, the city council partially agreed with only one and disagreed completely with the rest. The report found that since , there has been a lack of comprehensive annual reports with data on sexual assault and domestic violence, and as a result, the community is less informed and less safe.
And in an effort to better inform the community, CPVAW has increased its outreach and education efforts by collaborating with other local organizations. The annual report also includes specific data on five types of sexual assault crimes committed in the city. While distinguishing the data may be useful, there is no evidence that supports whether calling out the distinction is misleading the public into a false sense of security, said the response.
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