NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – “Horrific.”
That’s how the director of the Sexual Assault Middle describes the main points of a teen who stated she was drugged and raped after an evening on Broadway.
As of Tuesday evening, Metro police are nonetheless trying to find Trevor Casteel who’s accused within the Might 4 sexual assault, whereas Joseph Farmer is behind bars.
In the meantime, Lorraine McGuire with SAC is urging institutions to participate within the nonprofit’s free Protected Bar coaching program as a preventative effort to make the neighborhood safer.
“It’s at all times horrific when one thing like this occurs and it occurs greater than makes the information,” stated McGuire, the VP of Group Relations at SAC.
It’s a actuality that staff on the middle face recurrently.
“We’re the one non-hospital facility in Davidson County that provides a rape package,” she defined.
McGuire stated round 50 p.c of all sexual assaults contain alcohol.
“We don’t need alcohol to go away; we don’t need Nashville to not be the town the place individuals wish to come and have time, however we do need it to be a safer choice,” she stated.
That’s why they provide Protected Bar, an intervention program that trains restaurant and bar staff to determine and intervene safely once you see sexual harassment or assault. Trainees are additionally supplied sources for patrons, together with signage with the disaster hotline and particulars of a particular drink that may be ordered to alert employees for those who need assistance.
“On this case, it appears like any individual had the medicine. They knew what they have been doing; that they had an entire plan. In the event that they stroll into the bar and see there’s a Protected Bar decal on the doorway, the loos have the indicators, they see the drug detection coasters accessible, nicely they’re in all probability not going to threat that place as a result of they see this.”
The drug detection coasters check for the 2 most typical date rape medicine, GHB and Ketamine. SAC lately started distributing fentanyl check strips as nicely.
“We have been seeing that the widespread date rape medicine have been additionally being laced with fentanyl,” McGuire stated.
McGuire says additionally they simply launched a Protected Bar app that tracks institutions throughout the state which have participated within the coaching.
“It has our disaster line quantity; it has what to do if one thing does occur. So it’s only a actually nice useful resource in our neighborhood,” McGuire went on to elucidate.
In a metropolis the place we’re identified to occasion, solely a couple of dozen bars in Nashville have utilized the free Protected Bar program coaching and McGuire stated solely two on Decrease Broadway are skilled, regardless of a latest decision urging bars to take part.
“There’s no purpose not to do that. If it’s a free useful resource being provided to you that you could then provide to the people who find themselves coming to your bar, then why wouldn’t you do it?” she requested.
McGuire stated as a society, now we have to take preventative motion or the troubling statistics received’t change.
“Rapist are rapist and rapists rape again and again.”
The Sexual Assault Middle is open 24-7. For extra data on their companies or to be taught extra concerning the Protected Bar program, click on right here.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – “Horrific.”
That’s how the director of the Sexual Assault Middle describes the main points of a teen who stated she was drugged and raped after an evening on Broadway.
As of Tuesday evening, Metro police are nonetheless trying to find Trevor Casteel who’s accused within the Might 4 sexual assault, whereas Joseph Farmer is behind bars.
In the meantime, Lorraine McGuire with SAC is urging institutions to participate within the nonprofit’s free Protected Bar coaching program as a preventative effort to make the neighborhood safer.
“It’s at all times horrific when one thing like this occurs and it occurs greater than makes the information,” stated McGuire, the VP of Group Relations at SAC.
It’s a actuality that staff on the middle face recurrently.
“We’re the one non-hospital facility in Davidson County that provides a rape package,” she defined.
McGuire stated round 50 p.c of all sexual assaults contain alcohol.
“We don’t need alcohol to go away; we don’t need Nashville to not be the town the place individuals wish to come and have time, however we do need it to be a safer choice,” she stated.
That’s why they provide Protected Bar, an intervention program that trains restaurant and bar staff to determine and intervene safely once you see sexual harassment or assault. Trainees are additionally supplied sources for patrons, together with signage with the disaster hotline and particulars of a particular drink that may be ordered to alert employees for those who need assistance.
“On this case, it appears like any individual had the medicine. They knew what they have been doing; that they had an entire plan. In the event that they stroll into the bar and see there’s a Protected Bar decal on the doorway, the loos have the indicators, they see the drug detection coasters accessible, nicely they’re in all probability not going to threat that place as a result of they see this.”
The drug detection coasters check for the 2 most typical date rape medicine, GHB and Ketamine. SAC lately started distributing fentanyl check strips as nicely.
“We have been seeing that the widespread date rape medicine have been additionally being laced with fentanyl,” McGuire stated.
McGuire says additionally they simply launched a Protected Bar app that tracks institutions throughout the state which have participated within the coaching.
“It has our disaster line quantity; it has what to do if one thing does occur. So it’s only a actually nice useful resource in our neighborhood,” McGuire went on to elucidate.
In a metropolis the place we’re identified to occasion, solely a couple of dozen bars in Nashville have utilized the free Protected Bar program coaching and McGuire stated solely two on Decrease Broadway are skilled, regardless of a latest decision urging bars to take part.
“There’s no purpose not to do that. If it’s a free useful resource being provided to you that you could then provide to the people who find themselves coming to your bar, then why wouldn’t you do it?” she requested.
McGuire stated as a society, now we have to take preventative motion or the troubling statistics received’t change.
“Rapist are rapist and rapists rape again and again.”
The Sexual Assault Middle is open 24-7. For extra data on their companies or to be taught extra concerning the Protected Bar program, click on right here.
