We have decided to get in touch with the police in order to assist our media project, finding out about the process that reporting rape follows, what the victim undergoes, and the facilities that are used. Here we are going to post records of all communication with the police.
Initial email sent to the police on 20th October
To: centralsntpublicinfo@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
From: Archerbod@aol.com
Date: 10/20/2009 06:06PM
Subject: Message for Inspector Mark Spooner
This message has been forwarded to South Yorkshire Police on behalf of the author because Barnsley College has a restricted emails policy which interrupts the sending of this email. Replies should ideally be addressed as directed in the message below but can be routed via the address listed in the sender information above.
Dear Inspector Spooner
My name is Charlie Rushworth and I am a second year student at Barnsley College, currently studying A Levels at A2, one of which is Media Studies. As part of our coursework it is necessary to create a 5 minute short film on a subject of our choosing. Another student and I have chosen to do a short film about the consequences of rape. I am contacting you to request a meeting with you or someone on your team to discuss the process that follows a report of rape. To ensure accuracy and authenticity in our project we would like to be clear about the way in which the initial complaint is handled and how a victim makes a formal identification of the suspect where the rapist is not known to the victim. I will ring you in a few days to discuss it in further detail unless you wish to contact me first.
You can contact me on my mobile at 07546107765, or by sending me an email to charlierushworth@hotmail.com
Yours sincerely,
Miss Charlie Rushworth
Email from from police showing reference of initial email.
Debbie
is this something you would be better suited to deal with, bearing in mind your knowledge of the new Apollo Unit?
can you let me know or if you would prefer arrange directly with Miss Rushworth
Kind regards
Mark
Mark Spooner
Inspector
Central Safer Neighbourhood Team
Commerce House
Westgate
Barnsley S70 2DJ
Tel: 01226 787 100
Mobile: 0 771 771 5381
Email: mark.spooner@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
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To: centralsntpublicinfo@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
From: Archerbod@aol.com
Date: 10/20/2009 06:06PM
Subject: Message for Inspector Mark Spooner
This message has been forwarded to South Yorkshire Police on behalf of the author because Barnsley College has a restricted emails policy which interrupts the sending of this email. Replies should ideally be addressed as directed in the message below but can be routed via the address listed in the sender information above.
Dear Inspector Spooner
My name is Charlie Rushworth and I am a second year student at Barnsley College, currently studying A Levels at A2, one of which is Media Studies. As part of our coursework it is necessary to create a 5 minute short film on a subject of our choosing. Another student and I have chosen to do a short film about the consequences of rape. I am contacting you to request a meeting with you or someone on your team to discuss the process that follows a report of rape. To ensure accuracy and authenticity in our project we would like to be clear about the way in which the initial complaint is handled and how a victim makes a formal identification of the suspect where the rapist is not known to the victim. I will ring you in a few days to discuss it in further detail unless you wish to contact me first.
You can contact me on my mobile at 07546107765, or by sending me an email to charlierushworth@hotmail.com
Yours sincerely,
Miss Charlie RushworthEmail from Lynsey Ellis. Initial email has been passed to her.
Charlie,
This has been passed to me as I am the sgt in the unit within south yorkshire police that deals with the intial reports of rape. my mobile number is at the bottom of this email, do you want to ring or text me when you have a minute and i wil speak to you about what you want to know and how i can assist. although based in rotherham my unit covers the entire force area including barnsley. i am happy to come over to barnsley to talk to you if needed.
Lysney
Reply to Lynsey Ellis from Charlie Rushworth
Hi Lynsey This is Charlie Rushworth. Today I received you email dated the 29th October. Basically, me and my partner are both media students at Barnsley college, creating a short film about rape and its consequences for the victim. However, due to a lack of knowledge, we have run into some difficulty with the script. We would like to know primarily about the initial phone conversation when a victim calls to report an incident of rape, specifically what the operator says to the victim. We would also like to know about the process that is undertaken when there are multiple suspects in a case of rape and how the victim is taken about identifying them. In the script we have written in a typical police suspect parade/line up, and we would like to know if this is really what happens or if the suspects are identified otherwise. Finally, we would be interested in perhaps seeing some of the facilities, such as the rape suite, so that we can create as accurate a set as possible.
What would be the best way to contact you from here on? We need to begin filming quite soon, so the sooner we can set something in motion, the better.
Thanks.
Charlie Rushworth
Email received 4th November from Lynsey Ellis
RE: your request re: rape project
From:Lynsey.Ellis@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
Sent:04 November 2009 10:43:42
To: Charlie Rushworth (charlierushworth@hotmail.com)
Charlie,
in answer to your questions:
1) i'm not 100% sure what staff at our communications centre ask victims who initially report. they work to a set 'script' of questions to ask. the information is then entered as an incident and will be sent through to the relevant area team to deal with. for example a rape reported by someone from barnsley will be entered as an incident by call handlers who will ask relevant questions and then pass this to the radio controllers covering barnsley. this will then be flagged up to the supervising officers at that district as well as officers in my unit who will then deal with it. I can find someone for you to speak to from call handling if you want to ask the specifics of them as to exactly what they say etc.
2)the multiple suspects bit is a bit trickier. it would depend on what evidence you have. on many occasions an I'D parade (now done via vdieo with no actual people in the room) is not appropriate as the victim cannot ID from the face of the suspects for various reasons. we often ID people via DNA evidence or other methods etc.
when you have a minute do you want to give me a ring on my mobile, number below. i can always ring you back or you can leave me your contact number and when is best to ring. i can discuss with you whatever you need to know. the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) is where all medical examinations and victim interviews are conducted and i am sure that i can arrange for you to see that facility.
Lynsey
Lynsey Ellis PS 3573
Apollo Unit (Rape and Serious Sexual Assault Investigation)HQ SCS
Based at:Maltby Police Station
Maltby
S66 8ER
Text sent to Lynsey Ellis 9th November
Hi Lynsey this is Charlie if possible me and my partner would like to speak to a call handler about exactly what they say when someone calls to report rape and we would like to see the SARC facility if possible. If you would like to ring, it would be best to call me after 5.30pm weekdays. Thanks
Text from Lynsey Ellis 15th November
Sorry not rung yet. Will ring later to discuss if ok. Lynsey ellis
Call received 19th November
Spoke with Lynsey regarding contacting people from the SARC facility and to expect an email regarding contacting a call handler.
1st February
Unfortunately, all contact with Lynsey Ellis has been lost.
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