Commander’s Sexual Assault Victim Assistance
- _____ Encourage the victim to
report the incident and get a medical examination immediately
(even if the incident occurred prior to the past 72 hours).
- _____ Make appropriate
administrative and logistical coordination for movement of victim
to receive care. (Involve the minimum number of personnel
possible and only on a need-to-know basis). [In
Theater]
- _____ Notify the Criminal
Investigation Command and Provost Marshal (per AR 195-1,
paragraph 6).
- _____ Notify the Chaplain if the victim desires pastoral
counseling or assistance.
- _____ Report the sexual assault incident, within 24 hours of
receipt, through the chain of command to the following, if
entities have not been notified already notified:
- _____ Criminal Investigation Command
- _____ Installation Provost Marshal
- _____ Commanders in the chain of command (as
appropriate)
- _____ Ensure the CID notifies victims and witnesses of their
rights through a completed Victims and Witnesses of Crime form,
DD Form 2701. (Reference AR 27-10 and AR 600-20, Appendix
G).
- _____ Confer with
commander’s legal representative to consider legal options
and responsibilities. If the subject is a Foreign National or
from a Coalition Force, confer with SJA on responsibilities,
options and victims rights. [In Theater]
- _____ Ensure the victim is made aware of, and encouraged to
exercise, their options during each phase of the medical,
investigative, and legal processes.
- _____ Determine the best
courses of action for separating the victim and the subject
during the investigation.
- Determine whether the victim desires to be transferred to
another unit.
- Determine if the suspect needs/desires to be transferred
to another unit.
- A Military Protection Order (MPO) (DD Form 2873), referred
to as “no contact orders” may be considered.
- Coordinate with sexual assault resources and chain of
command (involve as few people as possible and only on a need to
know basis, protecting the victim’s privacy) to determine
if the victim’s condition warrants
redeployment/reassignment.
- _____ Confer with servicing SJA office to consider pretrial
options and responsibilities to include the possibility of
pretrial restraint (including a no contact/military protective
order) and appropriate disposition of the alleged offense.
- _____ Flag (suspend favorable personnel actions) any Soldier
listed as a subject in a CID report of investigation IAW AR
600-8-2, and suspend the Soldier’s security clearance IAW
AR 380-67.
- _____ Inform the victim of the
resources in theater that are available to them through the
Victim and Witness Assistance Program (VWAP) (AR 27-10). Also,
inform the victim of resources that are accessible from the Area
of Operation, (i.e. Military One Source (International:
1-800-464-8107 or International collect: 484-530-5889,
24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week); DoD Deployment Health Support
Hotline (1-800-497-6267 from 0900-2100 hours, Monday through
Friday).
- _____ Update the status of the victim and subject(s) within
14 calendar days and on a monthly basis thereafter, to the
battalion or higher-level commander until the case is officially
closed. If the victim or subject is transferred or redeployed
prior to the case closing, coordinate with investigative and SJA
personnel before ceasing monthly updates on parties
involved.
- _____ Initiate follow-up with the victim
within 45 days after disposition of the case.
- _____ Ensure unit personnel are abreast of risk factors
associated with sexual assault, especially those risk factors
unique to the deployed environment.
 Commander’s Sexual Assault Victim Assistance
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