STATE REP. GINA HINOJOSA, MY DULY-ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE TEXAS HOUSE, IS URGED BY ME TO SPONSOR NEW LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ANNUALLY COMPILE A STATISTIC ON THE TOTAL COMBINED NUMBER OF OCCASIONS DURING THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH APD's SEX CRIMES UNIT DECLINED TO AUTHORIZE A RAPE-EVIDENCE EXAM ON SOMEONE WHO HAD REQUESTED ONE ON HIMSELF OR HERSELF

From: John McMillan

To: Gina Hinojosa ; margaret.moore@traviscountytx.gov ; Dayna Blazey ; robert.kepple@tdcaa.com ; Jalayne Robinson ; Shannon Edmonds ; diane.beckham@tdcaa.com ; Texas DPS Office of General Counsel ; Texas Rangers Division of DPS ; Texas Dept. of Public Safety Officers Assn. President ; Texas Dept. of Public Safety Officers Assn. Director ; Travis County Sheriff Law Enforcement Assoc. (2016) ; Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt ; TBPP General Counsel Bettie Wells ; Joyful Heart Foundation for Rape Victims ; Rainn Info ; Safeaustin Info ; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Atty Kaiser 2016 ; margaret.gomez@traviscountytx.gov ; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea ; Gerald Daugherty

Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019, 12:06:59 AM CDT

Subject: 4-25-19 urgent question for Rep. Hinojosa from a constituent

April 25, 2019

Dear State Representative Hinojosa,

Are you dismayed to learn (as I myself learned in the last few days) that the Austin Police Department here in our state capital city apparently DOES NOT compile annual statistics on the total combined number of occasions citywide during the most recent calendar year in which the APD Sex Crimes Unit specifically declined to authorize a forensic rape-evidence exam on an individual requesting one?

Also, are you willing to sponsor legislation before the Texas House as soon as possible that will require each and every local law-enforcement agency to each year compile an annual statistic of the type cited above, and to also promptly share that statistical update with the news media, the Texas Department of Public Safety state law-enforcement agency, and the local district attorney's office?

Thank you in advance, Rep. Hinojosa,for your helpful reply letter to me on this.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan,
10926 Jollyville Rd., Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
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