1999

WOAR was interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer. That interview created a major exposé on the inappropriate treatment and downgrading of sexual assault complaints by the Philadelphia Police Department particularly in minority and low income areas of Philadelphia for more than twenty years.

WOAR presented testimony before Philadelphia City Council regarding the Philadelphia Police Department miscoding and downgrading sexual assault complaints.

WOAR joins forces with the Women’s Law Project, the Penn Women’s Center, and the National Organization of Women to address the Philadelphia Police Department’s miscoding and downgrading sexual assault complaints.