Investigation
RCMP Officer Charged with Assault
Date Published: 2019-10-20
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: Halifax District RCMP
Summary
SiRT began its investigation upon receiving a call from Halifax Regional Police (HRP) at 8:37PM on June 30, 2019. HRP stated that a female adult in their custody, the Affected Party (AP) , had reported being sexually assaulted by a male HRP officer involved in her arrest that evening, the Subject Officer (SO). The AP claimed that the sexual assault had occ urred in a police vehicle stopped near the MacKay Bridge toll plaza while the SO and a second HRP officer, a witness officer (WO2 ), were transporting her from the place of arrest in Dartmouth to the HRP Prisoner Care Facility (Booking). Information was received from the AP, three witness officers (WO), a civilian who worked in the establishment where the AP was arrested, the Subject Officer (SO) and two community contacts of the AP. The investigation considered HRP radio communications, A. Murray MacKay Bridge video surveillance footage and audio/video recording footage from Booking. SiRT’s investigation was completed on October 7, …