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Athens News Matters: UGA's Police are Learning how to Better Serve Sexual Assault Victims

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Warning: This story talks about sexual assault and may not be appropriate for all listeners.

The statistics are sobering: Nationwide, one in five women will be sexually assaulted during their college years and six percent of college men will as well. A new training program at the University of Georgia is helping police officers learn how to better serve and protect victims.

Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.