SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Police Department has implemented a new digital reporting system that gives sexual assault survivors more control when coming forward.

The platform, called , allows survivors to complete reports online at their own pace.

More than half of women and nearly one in three men have experienced sexual violence, according to the . The CDC says those numbers are likely underestimated because many survivors don't report.

"Because of the fear of what that may look like," said Cheyenne Gillespie, a victim advocate with Spokane Police Department. "Investigative medical care or any of that. It's a lot of unknowns that honestly scares a lot of people from wanting to make reports."

The new tool aims to change that.

"It allows them to complete a self guided interview in a

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