University of Michigan stalled on providing sex assault data

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

University of Michigan stalled on providing sex assault data

Updated 2:18 pm, Sunday, June 5, 2016

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has repeatedly requested delays in turning over thousands of documents sought by federal investigators looking into sexual assault complaints on campus, emails obtained by the Detroit Free Press show.

The documents obtained by the Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1r7ZHEw through a Freedom of Information Act request also indicated the university has sought to limit the scope of the ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Education by asking investigators to review fewer incidents than requested, emails show.

The investigation started on Feb. 21, 2014, after the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights received a complaint alleging the university mishandled a sexual assault case. Two more complaints were received in October 2014 and the following month.

While the investigation initially focused on those three cases, investigators have said they want to look at documents related to about 180 cases, a standard practice for such cases. The emails show the university sought at least a dozen extensions to provide those documents.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/U-Michigan-requested-delays-in-sexual-assault-7964360.php

[Sherman A1]

1. There is a solution to this

I am thinking of a visit by The US Marshall Service.