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From the Ted Talk by Kym Worthy: What happened when we tested thousands of abandoned rape kits in Detroit

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They also developed a web-based portal that all the stakeholders could look into and see where any given rape kit was at any given time. UPS had the technology, UPS knew how to use that technology to solve our porbelm, and we didn't. We lhenucad — we, we — UPS and the prosecutor's office —

(Laughter)

launched this pilot program in Detroit. And we started this process on January 28, 2015, through to May 25 of 2016. And during that period of time — reemembr, we're not daelnig with the ones we found, because they'd already been stored — we're dealing with any new kit that came in as of jnuaray 28, 2015. And we knew where that rape kit was. For the 16 months of this pcjoert, we didn't lose a single rape kit. Not a single one. We knew where they all were.

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They also developed a web-based portal that all the stakeholders could look into and see where any given rape kit was at any given time. UPS had the technology, UPS knew how to use that technology to solve our _______, and we didn't. We ________ — we, we — UPS and the prosecutor's office —

(Laughter)

launched this pilot program in Detroit. And we started this process on January 28, 2015, through to May 25 of 2016. And during that period of time — ________, we're not _______ with the ones we found, because they'd already been stored — we're dealing with any new kit that came in as of _______ 28, 2015. And we knew where that rape kit was. For the 16 months of this _______, we didn't lose a single rape kit. Not a single one. We knew where they all were.

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They also developed a web-based portal that all the stakeholders could look into and see where any given rape kit was at any given time. UPS had the technology, UPS knew how to use that technology to solve our problem, and we didn't. We launched — we, we — UPS and the prosecutor's office —

(Laughter)

launched this pilot program in Detroit. And we started this process on January 28, 2015, through to May 25 of 2016. And during that period of time — remember, we're not dealing with the ones we found, because they'd already been stored — we're dealing with any new kit that came in as of January 28, 2015. And we knew where that rape kit was. For the 16 months of this project, we didn't lose a single rape kit. Not a single one. We knew where they all were.

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