WSU to host seminar on preventing sexual assaults

A seminar on preventing sexual assaults at schools and college campuses will take place at Wichita State University on Wednesday, WSU said in a prepared statement.

Experts in criminal justice will run the free public event, at the university’s Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Room 132, at 5015 E. 29th St. North, the statement said.

From 9 a.m. to noon, topics will include state laws for sexual crimes, resources for victims in Sedgwick County, legal aspects of reporting sexual crimes, and more.

Afternoon sessions will be for law enforcement only, the statement said.

Taking part will be WSU’s Midwest Criminal Justice Institute, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office, WSU Police, the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and more, the statement said.

Registration is required. Forms can be found here.

This story was originally published August 25, 2014 at 12:35 PM with the headline "WSU to host seminar on preventing sexual assaults."