DoD Implements Innovative New Policy to Combat Sexual Assault
Actors In a Mandatory Briefing Portray A Scene Involving the Public Affairs-approved term "Sexual Assault"
CAMP PENDLETON, CA – Legislators and women's rights advocates are already hailing a new Department of Defense (DOD) policy to combat sexual assault by encouraging rapists to hand out DSTRESS cards to their victims.
DSTRESS is a telephone counseling service and website that troubled service members can contact anonymously.
"For too long the victims of sexual crimes have had to wait hours, even days, before receiving treatment," said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Bucher. "However, under our new policy, they will have the ability to seek treatment within seconds."
The policy is part of an aggressive campaign, called "Five Minutes Is Too Much", launched by the DOD following revelations that at least 3,000 men and women reported being sexually assaulted in 2011.
The goal is to increase the timely awareness of resources for sexual assault victims immediately following their assault.
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