Investigation
Police Pursuit of Armed Suspect Ends in Arrest
Date Published: 2019-07-02
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: RCMP Truro
Summary
On December 17, 2018 SiRT received a call from the RCMP – Southwest Nova District regarding an allegation of sexual assault by Cst. Yannick Frechette, a member of the RCMP – Meteghan detachment, on a female civilian, the Affected Party (“AP”) in the early hours of December 17at a Christmas party. The complaint was initially reported by a Witness Officer (“WO”), another RCMP officer, who also attended the party and witnessed the alleged offence. SiRT is mandated to investigate all allegations of sexual assault against a police officer under the provisions of the Police Act. As a result, an investigation commenced on that date and was completed on January 16, 2019. Two SiRT investigators travelled to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on December 17where they obtained audio statements from the WO and one civilian witness that day. On December 18statements were obtained from the AP, three civilian witnesses and four RCMP officers. Cst. Frechette was arrested on December 18and his personal and wor…