RCMP reviews sexual assault cases, comments from the outgoing Chief Justice and Calgary police morale.
Article originally appeared in: Alberta Prime Time
Canada’s national police force has announced an expanded review of closed sexual assault cases, with the rise of the #metoo movement. The RCMP plan to review approximately 25,000 sexual assault files dating back to 2015 in cases where no charges were laid. The decision to review the cases followed a report into sexual assault files from 2016, out of 2,225 cases reviewed police decided 284 required further investigation.
Guest on our Crime Panel include: Steven Penney, professor at the University of Alberta; Matthew Deshaye, defence lawyer and Kevin Martin, court reporter for Postmedia.