More than a month after Kelowna RCMP announced the completion of its internal review about the high number of sexual assaults that were deemed 91裸聊视频渦nfounded91裸聊视频� in 2018 and 2019, an update has yet to be given.
Now, following a brief protest in council chambers on Monday, the mayor said he will request the report himself.
The City of Kelowna and the local detachment came under fire in October 2019 after 91裸聊视频 revealed nearly 40 per cent of sexual assaults reported to police were deemed 91裸聊视频渦nfounded.91裸聊视频�
Subsequently, the RCMP launched an internal investigation into those numbers, the results of which are now in the hands of Kelowna Mounties.
91裸聊视频淲e have completed the review and are going through the results,91裸聊视频� wrote RCMP Cst. Solana Pare in a Jan. 23 release. 91裸聊视频淲hen we have a full understanding of the results, we will provide an update which should be within the next few weeks.91裸聊视频�
Those few weeks have now passed and Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 sexual assault survivors and allies are left waiting for answers.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 embarrassed that this is what our city has become,91裸聊视频� said survivor Heather Friesen after her demonstration in council chambers.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been over a month and we haven91裸聊视频檛 heard a word. Why? Because they have to put their spin on it.
91裸聊视频淚 want answers; I91裸聊视频檓 tired of waiting. Why (isn91裸聊视频檛 city council) asking for it? Why aren91裸聊视频檛 they protecting the citizens of Kelowna? Why aren91裸聊视频檛 they asking for answers for the city of Kelowna? Their silence is rape culture.91裸聊视频�
Following the council meeting, Mayor Colin Basran confirmed he will request the report from the RCMP but until it is released there91裸聊视频檚 nothing he can say on the matter.
91裸聊视频淯ntil we know the findings of the report, and until I see it, there isn91裸聊视频檛 really anything to talk about,91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淲ould I like to know the findings of that report? I would. And would I be willing to request the results of that? Yes, I would.91裸聊视频�
The mayor said that a sexual assault unit within the Kelowna RCMP, as Friesen has been petitioning for, is a possibility if it91裸聊视频檚 recommended by the report.
Friesen said the mayor has ignored numerous requests for a one-on-one meeting. Basran denied the accusation and said he would gladly meet with her.
91裸聊视频淭hat is completely false. The last time she requested a meeting, she was yelling at me at a public meeting at UBCO,91裸聊视频� said Basran.
91裸聊视频91裸聊视频� requests for comment from the RCMP were not returned.
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