Changes

:Here's the summary.  When Palin took office as Mayor, the police chief at the time was Irl Stambaugh.  Stambaugh is on record as saying that while he led the police department, victims of sexual assault were not charged for their rape-test kits.  The Wasilla city budget even had a provision to fund this expense ($15,000 for 1993-1994, $5,000 for 1994-1995 & 1995-1996, and $13,000 for 1996-1997).  During the 1996-1997 budget year, $11,625 of the allocated $13K was spent, so there were definitely victims of sexual assault in Wasilla benefiting from the no-charge policy.

:Here's the summary.  When Palin took office as Mayor, the police chief at the time was Irl Stambaugh.  Stambaugh is on record as saying that while he led the police department, victims of sexual assault were not charged for their rape-test kits.  The Wasilla city budget even had a provision to fund this expense ($15,000 for 1993-1994, $5,000 for 1994-1995 & 1995-1996, and $13,000 for 1996-1997).  During the 1996-1997 budget year, $11,625 of the allocated $13K was spent, so there were definitely victims of sexual assault in Wasilla benefiting from the no-charge policy.

:Then Palin took office she replaced Stambaugh with Fannon, who requested $7,298 for that allocation in 1997-1998 and spent $3,454. It was in 1998 that the policy changed to charge the cost of rape-test kits to the victim, and while he requested $3,000 as a contingency only $205 was spent - the victims of sexual assault in ''Wasilla paid the rest''.

:When Palin took office she replaced Stambaugh with Fannon, who requested $7,298 for that allocation in 1997-1998 and spent $3,454. It was in 1998 that the policy changed to charge the cost of rape-test kits to the victim, and while he requested $3,000 as a contingency only $205 was spent - the victims of sexual assault in ''Wasilla paid the rest''.

:This confirms that the change in policy took place during Palin's term as mayor, and was enacted by the police chief she hand-picked.  Fannon knew exactly how much the 2000 state law requiring  the city pay for rape-test kits would cost the taxpayers, because he knew how much the Wasilla budget allocation for these kits was cut when he instituted the victim-pays policy in 1998.

:This confirms that the change in policy took place during Palin's term as mayor, and was enacted by the police chief she hand-picked.  Fannon knew exactly how much the 2000 state law requiring  the city pay for rape-test kits would cost the taxpayers, because he knew how much the Wasilla budget allocation for these kits was cut when he instituted the victim-pays policy in 1998.