RCMP says it plans to review ‘unfounded’ sexual assault cases from last year
OTTAWA — The RCMP says it plans to review sexual assault cases that were labelled unfounded in 2016 to see if they comply with police policy and appropriate decision-making based on evidence.
The national police force said in a statement Thursday it would also look at a sample of historical cases.
The moves follow a report by the Globe and Mail that the newspaper says exposed deep flaws in the way investigators treat sexual assault allegations.
It analyzed data, obtained through freedom-of-information laws from scores of police services, to conclude that police across Canada close about one in five sex-assault cases as unfounded.