DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport said it reduced the time it took to complete cases it fully investigated by 9% over the past two years, a sign of progress at an agency that has been criticized for taking too long to resolve many of the thousands of complaints it has received since opening nearly 10 years ago.That was among the key revelations in the center’s annual report released Tuesday and focusing on progress made at the organization charged with combating sex abuse in Olympic sports across America. The trend was measured from the time the center implemented a host of new policies designed in part to streamline its response and resolution process in 2024. Many of those changes came in the wake of complaints and news reports detailing cases that could take several years to resolve.The decrease in time to resolve “fully adjudicated” cases came despite a 23% increase in the number of those cases. The center said when including cases that get declined, put on hold or sent to national governing bodies (NGBs), the decrease in time to complete cases jumped to 25%.
This is the first big update from the center since Benita Fitzgerald Mosley took over as CEO at the start of the year, hoping to put the center back on path after a series of struggles led it to parting ways with her predecessor, Ju’Riese Colon, last year.
