Back to SearchThe Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) issued a statement on October 12, 2022, calling for the Government of Canada to establish a national working group to support a coordinated and consistent approach to the transfer of military sexual assault investigations to civilian police services. The comprehensive OACP statement requested that the government work with police leaders and community groups to provide:
- a clear framework to collect and share information at a federal, provincial, and municipal level that supports an accurate depiction of the number of cases of military sexual offences being reported (and other trends),
- the identification of prolific offenders within the Canadian Armed Forces, and
- the sharing of information to support investigations and the safety of victims/survivors (including the recording and monitoring of offenders on a sex offender registry, and any training that may be required to ensure victim-centred, trauma-informed investigations).
Click here for the statement.
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