Here at WUOT, we receive e-mail messages each time a sexual assault is reported on the University of Tennessee campus. Less than a month into this new semester, it seemed we were getting more of those messages than usual. It turns out we were right. We were getting more sexual assault notices. But for reasons you might not guess.
As the discussion about sexual assault on college campuses continues nationwide, University of Tennessee police chief Troy Lane talked to WUOT All Things Considered host Brandon Hollingsworth about his department’s sexual response strategy, why reported assaults are up, and what comes next for the university's sexual assault policy.