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22% of local sex assault reports in 2018 called ‘unfounded’ by police Expert has concerns, cops say sample size skews Tri-City stats Gary McKenna gmckenna@tricitynews.com
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Close to 22% of sexual assaults reported in the TriCities last year were deemed unfounded by police, according to StatsCan, and a UBC legal expert said that raises concerns complainants are not being believed. Janine Benedet, the director of the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies at the University of BC, said the numbers show the difficulty people face when reporting sexual assaults. “Never mind convincing a judge or jury,” she told The
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Tri-City News. “You’re not even going to convince the police officer who is supposed to be there to receive your complaint.” In order for a case to be deemed unfounded, an investigation must determine that the reported crime did not occur and was not attempted. Last year, 97 sexual assaults were reported to authorities in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody; of those, 21 were dismissed by police, according to Statistics Canada crime data analyzed by The Tri-City News. For comparison, the 21.6% unfounded rate for sexual assault outpaces the 6% average for all Criminal Code violations and the 8.6% average for all violent crime reports. see
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