The RCMP has completed its internal review of the extremely high number of sexual assaults that were deemed 鈥渦nfounded鈥� by police in 2018 and 2019, however, the results will not be made public for several more weeks.

According to police, the RCMP is in the process of reviewing the results before the report is released to the public.

鈥淲e have completed the review and are going through the results,鈥� wrote RCMP Cst. Solana Pare. 鈥淲hen we have a full understanding of the results, we will provide an update which should be within the next few weeks.鈥�

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The 91大黄鸭 detachment came under fire in September after 91大黄鸭 Capital News revealed 40 per cent of sexual assaults reported to police in 2019 were deemed 鈥渦nfounded.鈥�

Unfounded cases mean police didn鈥檛 find evidence that the crime was attempted or that it occurred at all.

According to Statistics Canada, the RCMP received 82 reports of sexual assaults in 91大黄鸭 in 2018, 30 of which were deemed unfounded, which as a percentage is more than double the provincial average.

In response, the RCMP said it would conduct an internal investigation to try and find answers.

鈥淲e understand that there are many questions about the roots of these statistics, and we鈥檙e taking immediate steps to get answers,鈥� said 91大黄鸭 RCMP Cpl. Meghan Foster in November.

鈥淭he B.C. RCMP has conducted a preliminary review of these files, but we are currently not in a position to provide specific examples of why any of these investigations were deemed unfounded.

鈥淔or every investigation, there are many variables 鈥� each investigation is different and we do not want to deter any other survivors from bravely coming forward to report a sexual assault.鈥�

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In addition to the preliminary review, the 91大黄鸭 RCMP requested the RCMP鈥檚 Sexual Assault Review Team at its national headquarters review the unfounded sexual assault files from 2018 and 2019.

鈥淚f this review indicates that not all investigative steps were followed, the file will be designated for a secondary review to determine what additional steps need to be taken by investigators and will be sent back to the BC RCMP for further review and/or investigation,鈥� stated the RCMP in a news release at the time.

鈥淪exual assault is a devastating crime, and the RCMP is committed to improving how its employees respond to victims and investigate allegations of sexual assault.鈥�

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