Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) Sexual Assault /Data Input Responsibilities
This MARADMIN relieves Staff Judge Advocates (SJAs) of their responsibility to input sexual assault case data into the Sexual Assault Incident Reporting Database (SAIRD), effective immediately. Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARCs) will now assume this data input responsibility as the Marine Corps prepares to transition to the Defense Case Record Management System (DCRMS). SJAs are still required to send representatives to monthly case management meetings to provide status updates on unrestricted sexual assault cases.
Issued: November 29, 2006
1. AS PART OF THE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SEXUAL ASSAULTS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD), HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS, SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE (MRRS) ROUTINELY RESPONDS TO DATA INQUIRIES FROM DOD. REF A SECTION 6. 13(F)(2) MANDATED THAT SJAS WORK WITH MRRS TO UPDATE THE SEXUAL ASSAULT INCIDENT REPORTING DATABASE (SAIRD) FOR ALL UNRESTRICTED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES. SJAS WERE TASKED TO INPUT CASE DATA ON CHARGING, DISPOSITION, SENTENCING, AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA FOR UNRESTRICTED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES INTO SAIRD. 2. REF A PRE-DATES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR (SARC) BILLET. WHEN THE MARINE CORPS SAPR PROGRAM MIGRATES TO THE DEFENSE CASE RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(DCRMS) AS THE SINGLE DATABASE FOR TRACKING SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES WITHIN DOD, SARCS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO INPUT CASE DISPOSITION DATA, AS SJAS WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATABASE. THEREFORE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, SJAS ARE RELIEVED OF THEIR DATA INPUT RESPONSIBILITY IN SAIRD. SJAS AND SARCS SHALL ESTABLISH A DATA TRANSFER PROTOCOL WHERE THE SARCS ASSUME SJA'S DATA INPUT RESPONSIBILITIES. 3. ADDITIONALLY, PER REF B, AN SJA REPRESENTATIVE IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE MONTHLY CASE MANAGEMENT MEETINGS FOR UNRESTRICTED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES TO PROVIDE STATUS UPDATES FOR CASES BEING HANDLED BY THEIR OFFICE.