Victim-centered policies being developed by the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) for processing unsubmitted and untested sexual assault kits collected by Alaska State Troopers are one part of the state’s efforts to tackle more than 3,000 untested kits. DPS received Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grants in 2016 and 2017 to address SAK's collected by Alaska State Troopers. Since DPS began work, the Alaska State Legislature passed SB55, a bill requiring a statewide SAK inventory, a plan to address untested kits statewide and a plan to prevent a future backlog.
Read about progress being made on SAKI by DPS and how it could impact the more than 3,000 untested kits in Alaska in the spring 2018
Alaska Justice Forum.
