HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s justice minister has appointed the director of his department’s public safety investigations to lead a new unit that will investigate cyberbullying.
Ross Landry says Roger Merrick has been named the director of the team of five investigators, set to be in operation this fall.
Merrick, a former police officer, also runs the civil forfeiture unit and the provincial firearms safety program.
The unit will investigate all complaints of cyberbullying, whether the victim is a youth or an adult.
Landry says it can attempt to resolve complaints informally by contacting the people involved, or it can seek a cyberbullying prevention order that would force someone to stop communicating with another.
If criminal charges are warranted, the unit will refer the case to police.
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