The Director of the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an RCMP Officer in Nova Scotia committed a criminal offence.

On May 17, 2025, SiRT received a referral from the RCMP after an adult female alleged she was sexually assaulted by one of their officers on May 16, 2025. The parties are known to each other. SiRT began an investigation into the matter that day. As a result of the investigation, on July 22, 2025, Constable Manas Parray was charged with sexual assault contrary to s. 271 of the Criminal Code.

Constable Parray will appear before the Nova Scotia Provincial Court at 15 Kennedy Street, Suite 201, Port Hawkesbury, N.S. on August 19, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.

As the matter is before the courts SiRT will not provide any further comment on the investigation.

SiRT is responsible for investigating all matters that involve death, serious injury, sexual assault and intimate partner violence or other matters of public interest that may have arisen from the actions of any police officer in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Investigations are under the direction and control of an independent civilian director, who has the sole authority to determine if charges should be laid at the conclusion of an investigation.

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