Investigation
Assault Investigation Involving Child
Date Published: 2020-05-06
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: Halifax District RCMP
Summary
On the afternoon of November 4, 2019, Halifax Regional Police (HRP) informed SiRT of an alleged assault against an 11 -year-old child, the Affected Party (AP), by his father, the Subject Officer (SO). SO is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). He was alleged to have first thrown and then shoved AP from a room in their home, with AP landing on his rear end both times. AP was not injured as a result of the alleged assault. HRP had received a referral concerning the allegation from Community Services, which was acting on a report from a school counsellor. AP reported to the counsellor that the assault happened on an afternoon in October 2019while he was in a dispute with a younger sibling. SiRT received information from four civilian witnesses and AP. SiRT’s investigation was completed on January 10, 2020. On a school day in October 2019, AP and a younger sibling were in a physical dispute in an upstairs bedroom of their family home. AP was a large child, known to u…