Well in the letter she specifically details how her lack of confidence also stem from the police lying to her every step of the way. So police failed her.
A close friend of mine went to the police about sexual crime with details I'm sure she would rather me not mention here. She had no proof, but the police said they would look into it because there was likely proof that they could find. They said they would call her in for a formal interview and they just never did. She kept calling to see what was going on and just got the run around, so instead she changed her name and moved to another state on the other side of the country. Regardless of what the crime taking place is or whether or not the officers deem it "severe", they still should have told her what was going on and done some sort of investigation. Instead they basically just ghosted her.
Unfourtunately the police and the individual officer handling cases have a very large say in wether or not the victim will even press charges. It's just human nature, and add trauma to that...
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u/baglee22 Oct 14 '17
Well in the letter she specifically details how her lack of confidence also stem from the police lying to her every step of the way. So police failed her.