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A Supplemental Report on Survey Results for an Audit of Investigation

and Prosecution Processes for Reported Sexual Assaults in Texas

Summary of Survey Respondents

and Sexual Assault Crime Data by County

Summary

Auditors conducted online surveys of 1,630 state and local governmental entities and community-based advocacy

organizations (advocacy organizations) that support survivors of sexual assault throughout Texas. The entities that

responded to those surveys are presented in the table below, summarized by county.

In addition, auditors conducted site visits to certain local law enforcement agencies, district attorneys¡¯ offices, and

district clerks¡¯ offices in five counties in Texas (Bexar, Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, and Travis counties) as part of the fieldwork

for the An Audit Report on Investigation and Prosecution Processes for Reported Sexual Assaults in Texas. Those entities

are listed in their counties even though they were not provided the survey.

Auditors also collected statewide data for calendar years 2014 through 2018 on reported incidents, arrest charges, and

court dispositions for sexual assaults from the Department of Public Safety (DPS), which is presented by county in the

table below. While the data for reported incidents and arrest charges is for the same time period, they are based on

two different data sources that are not comparable because they represent the date of the incident and arrest charge,

respectively, and the data sets are not related (for example, an arrest may be for an incident that occurred prior to

2014). Auditors also determined that the statewide data on reported incidents is not complete and contains duplicates.

However, the information presented was the best available data on sexual assault crimes investigated and prosecuted in

each county for the time period.

For more information regarding this report, please contact:

Hillary Eckford, Audit Manager, or Lisa Collier, First Assistant State Auditor, at (512) 936-9500.

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Survey Respondents and Sexual Assault Crime Data by County

County

(Population)a

Anderson (57,863)

Andrews (17,818)

Angelina (87,607)

Aransas (24,763)

Archer (8,789)

Armstrong (1,886)

Statewide Sexual Assault

Crime and Court

Disposition Datab

Reported Incidents*: 223

Arrest Charges*: 86

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 2

Convicted: 17

Deferred: 14

Dismissed: 13

Otherc: 1

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 50

Arrest Charges*: 26

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 9

Deferred: 6

Dismissed: 9

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 181

Arrest Charges*: 108

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 1

Convicted: 30

Deferred: 5

Dismissed: 20

Otherc: 2

Pending: 2

Reported Incidents*: 101

Arrest Charges*: 45

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 9

Deferred: 9

Dismissed: 10

Otherc: 0

Pending: 1

Reported Incidents*: 9

Arrest Charges*: 14

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 1

Deferred: 0

Dismissed: 3

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 5

Arrest Charges*: 3

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 0

Deferred: 0

Dismissed: 3

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Survey Respondents

Survey Completion Rated: 60%

District Attorney: Anderson County Criminal District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Anderson County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Palestine Police Department

Survey Completion Rated: 50%

District Attorney: Andrews County and District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Andrews County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Survey Completion Rated: 50%

District Attorney: 159th Judicial District Attorney¡¯s Office

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Angelina County Sheriff's Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Diboll Police Department, Hudson Police

Department, Zavalla Police Department

Survey Completion Rated: 40%

District Attorney: Aransas County District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Aransas County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Survey Completion Rated: 20%

District Clerk: Archer County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Survey Completion Rated: 67%

District Attorney: Armstrong County District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Armstrong County and District Clerk¡¯s Office

*While the incident and arrest charge data shown are for the same time period, they should not be compared because the incidents and arrest

charges identified are not related and cannot be traced to one another.

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Survey Respondents and Sexual Assault Crime Data by County

County

(Population)a

Atascosa (48,828)

Austin (29,565)

Bailey (7,092)

Bandera (21,763)

Bastrop (82,577)

Baylor (3,591)

Statewide Sexual Assault

Crime and Court

Disposition Datab

Reported Incidents*: 167

Arrest Charges*: 49

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 1

Convicted: 14

Deferred: 12

Dismissed: 11

Otherc: 0

Pending: 1

Reported Incidents*: 56

Arrest Charges*: 16

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 6

Deferred: 1

Dismissed: 2

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 11

Arrest Charges*: 3

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 0

Deferred: 2

Dismissed: 0

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 37

Arrest Charges*: 22

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 5

Deferred: 3

Dismissed: 3

Otherc: 5

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 250

Arrest Charges*: 48

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 11

Deferred: 6

Dismissed: 8

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 4

Arrest Charges*: 6

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 5

Deferred: 0

Dismissed: 1

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Survey Respondents

Survey Completion Rated: 75%

District Attorney: 81st Judicial District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Atascosa County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Advocacy Organization: Atascosa Family Crisis Center

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Atascosa County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Lytle Police Department, Poteet Police

Department

Survey Completion Rated: 57%

District Clerk: Austin County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Austin County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Bellville Police Department, Wallis Police

Department

Survey Completion Rated: 50%

District Clerk: Bailey County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Muleshoe Police Department

Survey Completion Rated: 50%

District Clerk: Bandera County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Advocacy Organization: Hill Country Crisis Council

Survey Completion Rated: 63%

District Clerk: Bastrop District Clerk¡¯s Office

Advocacy Organization: Bastrop County Women's Shelter (Family Crisis

Center); The Children¡¯s Advocacy Center Serving Bastrop, Lee, and

Fayette Counties

Law Enforcement Agency: Elgin Police Department, Smithville Police

Department

Survey Completion Rated: 75%

District Clerk: Baylor County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Baylor County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Seymour Police Department

*While the incident and arrest charge data shown are for the same time period, they should not be compared because the incidents and arrest

charges identified are not related and cannot be traced to one another.

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Survey Respondents and Sexual Assault Crime Data by County

County

(Population)a

Bee (32,691)

Statewide Sexual Assault

Crime and Court

Disposition Datab

Reported Incidents*: 66

Arrest Charges*: 43

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 12

Deferred: 5

Dismissed: 11

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Bell (342,236)

Reported Incidents*: 1,393

Arrest Charges*: 250

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 2

Convicted: 96

Deferred: 53

Dismissed: 22

Otherc: 0

Pending: 2

Bexar (1,925,865)

Reported Incidents*: 7,940

Arrest Charges*: 873

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 9

Convicted: 324

Deferred: 151

Dismissed: 133

Otherc: 2

Pending: 11

Blanco (11,279)

Reported Incidents*: 16

Arrest Charges*: 25

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 2

Convicted: 0

Deferred: 8

Dismissed: 10

Otherc: 3

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 1

Arrest Charges*: 0

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 0

Deferred: 0

Dismissed: 0

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Borden (659)

Survey Respondents

Survey Completion Rated: 75%

District Attorney: 156th Judicial District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Bee County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Bee County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Survey Completion Rated: 63%

District Attorney: 27th Judicial District Attorney¡¯s Office

Advocacy Organization: Children's Advocacy Center of Central Texas,

Inc.; Families in Crisis, Inc.

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Bell County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Belton Police Department, Harker Heights

Police Department, Killeen Police Department, Little River-Academy

Police Department, Morgan¡¯s Point Resort Police Department, Salado

Police Department

Survey Completion Rated: 62%

Crime Lab: Bexar County Criminal Investigation Laboratory, DNA

Reference Lab

Advocacy Organization: ChildSafe; The Rape Crisis Center

Law Enforcement Agency: Balcones Heights Police Department, China

Grove Police Department, Converse Police Department, Elmendorf Police

Department, Grey Forest Police Department, Hill Country Village Police

Department, Kirby Police Department, Leon Valley Police Department,

San Antonio Police Department, Shavano Park Police Department, Terrell

Hills Police Department, Universal City Police Department, Windcrest

Police Department

Site Visits: Bexar County Sheriff¡¯s Office, Bexar County District Attorney¡¯s

Office, and Bexar County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Survey Completion Rated: 80%

District Attorney: Blanco County District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Blanco County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Blanco County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Blanco Police Department

Survey Completion Rated: 33%

District Attorney: 132nd Judicial District Attorney¡¯s Office

*While the incident and arrest charge data shown are for the same time period, they should not be compared because the incidents and arrest

charges identified are not related and cannot be traced to one another.

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Survey Respondents and Sexual Assault Crime Data by County

County

(Population)a

Bosque (18,122)

Bowie (93,858)

Brazoria (353,999)

Brazos (219,193)

Brewster (9,216)

Statewide Sexual Assault

Crime and Court

Disposition Datab

Reported Incidents*: 20

Arrest Charges*: 21

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 7

Deferred: 2

Dismissed: 3

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 322

Arrest Charges*: 138

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 3

Convicted: 53

Deferred: 5

Dismissed: 11

Otherc: 2

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 541

Arrest Charges*: 261

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 6

Convicted: 87

Deferred: 15

Dismissed: 88

Otherc: 25

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 728

Arrest Charges*: 110

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 2

Convicted: 56

Deferred: 15

Dismissed: 11

Otherc: 4

Pending: 0

Reported Incidents*: 16

Arrest Charges*: 9

Acquitted or Not Guilty: 0

Convicted: 0

Deferred: 0

Dismissed: 3

Otherc: 0

Pending: 0

Survey Respondents

Survey Completion Rated: 43%

District Attorney: 220th Judicial District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Bosque County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Bosque County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Survey Completion Rated: 27%

Advocacy Organization: Northeast Texas CASA, Inc. (Texarkana Children¡¯s

Advocacy Center)

Law Enforcement Agency: Dekalb Police Department, Maud Police

Department

Survey Completion Rated: 63%

District Attorney: Brazoria County Criminal District Attorney¡¯s Office

District Clerk: Brazoria County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Advocacy Organization: Brazoria County Alliance for Children, Inc.;

Women¡¯s Center of Brazoria County, Inc.

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Brazoria County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Alvin Police Department, Clute Police

Department, Freeport Police Department, Holiday Lakes Police

Department, Iowa Colony Police Department, Lake Jackson Police

Department, Liverpool Police Department, Oyster Creek Police

Department, Surfside Beach Police Department, Sweeny Police

Department

Survey Completion Rated: 71%

District Attorney: 85th Judicial District Attorney¡¯s Office

Advocacy Organization: Scotty¡¯s House Brazos Valley Child Advocacy

Center, Inc.

Sheriff¡¯s Office: Brazos County Sheriff¡¯s Office

Law Enforcement Agency: Bryan Police Department, College Station

Police Department

Survey Completion Rated: 40%

District Clerk: Brewster County District Clerk¡¯s Office

Advocacy Organization: Children¡¯s Advocacy Center of the Big Bend, Inc.

*While the incident and arrest charge data shown are for the same time period, they should not be compared because the incidents and arrest

charges identified are not related and cannot be traced to one another.

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