sexual assaults

One of the results following the national attention on Missoula regarding sexual assaults in recent years, is the effort to legally redefine the concept of 'consent', and that has led to Senate Bill 29, now moving through the state legislature.

The Alexander Blewitt III School of Law at the University of Montana will be hosting the 2016 Browning Symposium this Friday, September 30, with the topic 'Sexual Assaults; Conflicts Between Campus and Courts.

Attorney General Tim Fox announced on Thursday that his office has formed a task force to examine the issue of unsubmitted sexual-assault evidence kits in Montana.

Officials with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education have been on the University of Montana campus this week talking privately with students about how they are perceiving changes and improvements regarding the issue of sexual assaults.

Reports of several recent sexual assaults have been under investigation by Missoula authorities, some involving homeless or transient individuals, but few arrests have been made.

On Friday, the Department of Justice confirmed that the UM Police Department had fully implemented its agreement to improve response to reports of sexual assault.

U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter announced on Friday that the University of Montana Police Department has fully implemented the agreement to improve its response to reports of sexual assault.

University of Montana officials are headed back to the Montana Supreme Court over confidential student records of former quarterback Jordan Johnson involving sexual assaults.

A Montana Human Rights Bureau complaint has been filed by Sheriff's Captain Mike Dominick against Sheriff T.J. McDermott, who says releasing the complaint to the media before an investigation is inappropriate.

Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst was in the city council chambers on Monday for the appearance by officials from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, she just wasn't invited to speak to the press regarding her department's compliance with its own agreement.