The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) has charged a Nova Scotia RCMP officer with sexual assault following an investigatiom.
The charge stems from a referral made by the RCMP to SiRT in November 2024, after a woman came forward alleging she was sexually assaulted by an officer in May of that year.
The woman and the officer are known to each other. SiRT launched an investigation immediately upon receiving the referral.
As a result of that investigation, SiRT laid a charge of sexual assault.
The officer is scheduled to appear in Nova Scotia Provincial Court in Shubenacadie on August 11.
In a public statement, Assistant Commissioner Dennis Daley, Commanding Officer of the Nova Scotia RCMP, confirmed that the officer charged had already been suspended without pay in January 2024 in connection with separate allegations of sexual misconduct.
“These additional criminal charges are extremely alarming and distressing,” said Daley. “We’re fully cooperating with SiRT, and the RCMP takes all allegations of misconduct seriously. Our employees are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that exceeds the high expectations Canadians rightly have of us.”
SiRT has stated that no further comment will be made while the matter is before the courts.
