Investigation
NGRP Officer Sexual Assault Allegation
Date Published: 2023-03-08
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: New Glasgow Police Service
Summary
On September 20, 2022, the Sub ject Officer (‘SO’) was contact by an acq uaintance about a disturbing post on social media. The post alleged that the SO had participated in a sexual assault on the Affected Party (‘AP’) in 1994-1996. The AP w as 4or 5years old at the time of the alleged s exual assault. On September 29, 2022, the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) was contacted by t he New Glasgow Regional Police about the allegation. SiRT commenced an investigation i nto the matter that day and completed it on December 20, 2022. SiRT’s mandate is to inv estigate a ll matters tha t involve de ath, serious injury, sexual assault and domestic vi olence or other matters of significant public interest that may have arisen from the actions of any police officer in Nova Scotia. At the conclusion of every investigation, SiRT will determine whether or not criminal charges should result from the actions of the police officer. The Director will issue a public summary of the invest…