I think the City Council has plans to care. One of the at-large councils recently came out about being sexually assaulted in college and a couple of the others seem pretty affected by that.
There was a lot of back and forth with law enforcement types about jurisdiction - everyone was shocked that BPD legally cannot investigate on-campus rapes if the college has its own police department, because of jurisdictional shenanigans. I think that maybe be where they push - to get all sexual assaults reported to campus police also reported to (and investigated by) BPD.
There was also a lot of "men must challenge rape culture" going around, but I am not entirely sure how the City Council could translate that into policy.
*facepalm* to your last paragraph. Everyone who spoke was actually pretty competent to do so, complete with actual understanding of acquaintance rape and how to avoid blaming victims. It was jaw-droppingly impressive that no one made me want to punch them.
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Date: 2011-04-28 19:20 (UTC)There was a lot of back and forth with law enforcement types about jurisdiction - everyone was shocked that BPD legally cannot investigate on-campus rapes if the college has its own police department, because of jurisdictional shenanigans. I think that maybe be where they push - to get all sexual assaults reported to campus police also reported to (and investigated by) BPD.
There was also a lot of "men must challenge rape culture" going around, but I am not entirely sure how the City Council could translate that into policy.
*facepalm* to your last paragraph. Everyone who spoke was actually pretty competent to do so, complete with actual understanding of acquaintance rape and how to avoid blaming victims. It was jaw-droppingly impressive that no one made me want to punch them.