Good for her. It's a shame that she is only getting $800,000 and that the police officers were not more fully reprimanded. I hope that this resulted in some extra training for Cranberry officers involving how to treat victims of rape.

"Never any wrong doing?" I had to look into this further bc there was no information in this article as to why the officer had immediately accused her of lying and theft and drug use in the hospital after her rape kit was performed (from Reedy's testimony) . I would say that there was some very serious "wrong doing."

Lesson learned: There is no one way that a rape victim should act, look, or dress.

From Women's Law Project:
http://www.womenslawproject.org/NewPages/wkVAW_Reedy_PR080410.html

"The Third Circuit agreed, noting that “no reasonably competent officer could have concluded at the time of Reedy’s arrest that there was probable cause for the arrest.” It further stated that it was wrong for the police department and the District Court to find that Ms. Reedy’s decisions not to activate an alarm while a gun was pointed at her head and not to pursue counseling after the assault were inculpatory, and that sexual assault victims have “no duty” to pursue counseling or to physically resist their assailants."

There is a LOT more to this story than is presented here. Frank Evanson misrepresented the case to get Ms. Reedy locked up while she was pregnant. He had the hospital perform lab tests on her rape kit against her Constitutional rights to see if she was using drugs. He and Kevin Meyers went to her home and badgered her to drop her complaints against how Evanson treated her. The rapist was caught days before her criminal trial was set to begin and he admitted to raping Reedy - yet the reporter was who advised her of this fact, not the police or district attorney. This case is even worse than not believing a rape victim, and the facts are in this link - http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/02-25-Evanson-Opinion-below.pdf

If Evanson was not an abomination, known as such to his superiors, why was he demoted from Detective? Oh right, most detectives would rather be on road patrol. But same rank so still gets the bennies and pension.

This case was even cited by former Attorney General John Ashcroft to the US Supreme Court: http://www.cja.org/downloads/Iqbal_v_Ashcroft_Amicus_1.pdf

This was no accident, no misunderstanding, no task force blunder but deliberate police misconduct supported by the Cranberry Twp officials and Butler county DA.

pg 20 in link

I do not under stand Township Manager Mr. Jerry Andree has stated : "Detective Evanson remains on the job. Mr. Andree said no personnel action has been taken "because there was no wrongdoing. Every action he took was approved by all law enforcement agencies involved and at every level ... It was just unfortunate." Are you sure your facts are correct because Jerry Andree say it was just "unfortunate." ! What I do not understand is if Mr Andree is correct why the pay out of 1.5 Million dollars ??

What's unfortunate is that her attorneys received $700,000 of the $1.5 million, that is criminal! This is an example of small-town cops and administrators bullying a suspect and overstepping their authority because they assume that they can, and that nobody will challenge them on it. Too bad that there wasn't a bigger impact on them.

As a Cranberry Twp. woman, I feel SO much safer knowing "Detective" Evanson is still on the job!

Manager Jerry Andree said, the case had a profound impact on those who were involved in it."It was a terrible situation from the beginning. Our officers did the best job they could with the best knowledge and advice and information that they had at the time, but it was very unfortunate and we've all learned from this and are moving forward," he said
I've found that most people say "moving forward" when they mean "we'll never speak of this again."
Their should be a Federal investigation into the actions of all involved , if any wrong doing is found then those involved should be prosecuted to the full limits of the law .

Instead of posting here on the Patch all of you should come to the Township Supervisors meeting and ask the supervisors and Jerry Andree these same questions and demand answers!
Demand ................ "Justice for Sara Reedy" !

When is the next meeting? You can't swing a dead cat in Cranberry without hitting someone who had a bad experience w Evanson.

I developed an innate distrust of cops after living in LA for 15 years. I have found that a lot of these little town cops aren't fit to wipe the shoes of the state boys... Real cops able to survive the high qualification elimination process. I do not paint all local law enforcement with this wide brush. I do find, however, that their self policing is severely lacking given situations such as this. From the top, this cop was protected and defended. Even now, he still has a job as do all his cop buddies who aided and abetted him in this crime against this woman. Disgusting. And this only made the news because the Vic demanded it not be buried. Mrs Reed-Watt, good on you!

That Frank Evanson is still a cop in Cranberry Twp., is what is truly "unfortunate". The Township has erred in not dismissing him.

The Township meeting will be :
January 7 ......... Board of Supervisors Meeting
Come one come all let your voice be heard.
Demand ................ "Justice for Sara Reedy" !

There have been other formal complaints against Evanson and those supporting him in the police dept. The problem is that Cranberry Twp supervisors are handling - or rather ignoring - them. Would U.S. Atty General be able to take action to investigate possible civil rights abuses and criminal activity (e.g. false imprisonment of Reedy and evidence mishandling)?