The civilian watchdog agency overseeing the RCMP routinely takes Mounties to task for bungling sexual assault investigations, despite the RCMP's promises to do better.
A spokesperson for the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP said the agency has issued 43 "adverse findings" — conclusions that were unfavourable to the RCMP — in cases involving sexual assault investigations since 2019.
One of the cases posted online, completed in 2021, involved a woman who reported that a truck driver who had picked her up when she was hitchhiking later pushed her out of the truck when she refused his sexual advances. According to a summary of the case file that was made public by the CRCC, bystanders found the woman injured at the side of the road and called 911.
"The commission found that some of the RCMP members' approach and questioning of the woman was based on inappropriate myths and stereotypes about the conduct of sexual assault victims," reads the case summary. The CRCC says that, since 2019, it has made 45 recommendations regarding sexual assault investigations directed toward policies, procedures, protocols and training. Commissioner Brenda Lucki, seen here, has supported 41 of those recommendations, partially supported one and did not support three of them.
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