Mar. 19--Flint's acting police chief said Tuesday that he is investigating whether his officers acted improperly in a case involving the handling of evidence gathered by a hospital that treated a 13-year-old rape victim.
Acting Chief Gary Hagler said he talked to Detroit Police Chief Ella-Bully Cummings and State Police about the matter Tuesday.
"I want to pick this thing apart," Hagler said. "We'll see what we could have done differently on our side."
The Flint girl told authorities at Hurley Medical Center that she was lured over the Internet to Detroit and gang-raped at gunpoint Saturday. A doctor at Hurley told the Free Press she couldn't interest Detroit or Flint police in interviewing the victim or taking evidence.
Michigan State Police picked up the evidence from the Flint hospital around 1 a.m. Sunday after a hospital director called, but the girl and her mother had already left.
Lt. Stephen Sipes of the Michigan State Police Flint Post said that the girl traveled to Detroit on Tuesday to be interviewed, and State Police officials from Flint met Detroit officers halfway to turn over the rape kit.
Sipes said it's not uncommon for hospitals to contact the State Police if they are treating victims who may have been assaulted in different jurisdictions.
"We don't care where it happened," he said. "All we're concerned with is the victims."
Detroit police spokesman James Tate could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Dr. Manya Newton said she treated the girl and was appalled after a social worker called Detroit and Flint police Saturday night to alert them about the victim and neither agency responded.
"I hope that the attention this case has generated will result in improvements in the process of reporting and investigating rape cases," she said. "As a physician, I want all of my patients to get the care and attention they deserve, both when they are in my emergency department and when they leave."
Hurley Medical Center released a statement Tuesday that said: "Hurley and the City of Flint Police Department have a long-standing, collaborative relationship. We are working together to ensure that protocols are in place and clearly understood to make certain that cases that occur outside of jurisdictional boundaries are handled appropriately."
Information From: LexisNexis Wire Service
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