Nova Scotia Police Review Board

• Review board doesn’t fault Halifax police procedures in handling of 2018 rape case

  The Nova Scotia Police Review Board has concluded that problems with the conduct of Halifax officers in a 2018 sexual assault case aren't sufficient for it to recommend changes.

  Canada

  Mar 14
  
• N.S. board rules for two-week suspension of officer who arrested couple in park

  The Nova Scotia Police Review Board has ruled that a Halifax officer who stopped a couple for being in a city park after hours should be suspended without pay for two weeks.  

  Canada

  Feb 6
  
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• N.S. officer accepts blame for error in rape probe but says officers could have acted

  A Halifax police officer accused of mishandling the investigation of an alleged sexual assault says he accepts blame for failing to collect the woman's clothing as evidence.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2023
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• Halifax police supervisor ‘shocked’ that clothing was not collected in rape case

  The review board hearing has heard that DNA evidence can degrade if it's not refrigerated and is open to tampering if left unsecured for days.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2023
• Ex-officer’s account of being ordered to ‘close’ rape file challenged in N.S. hearing

  A former RCMP officer who testified that he was ordered to stop investigating an alleged sexual assault in Halifax is having his account questioned today during cross-examination.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2023
• Mountie says he was told to drop N.S. sex assault case because they believed woman was lying

  An RCMP officer who investigated an alleged sexual assault says he was ordered to drop the case because his superiors thought the woman involved was lying.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2023
• Carrie Low tells review board about her trauma from N.S. police handling of rape case

  A Halifax woman who alleges police mishandled the investigation into her 2018 sexual assault case is testifying today before a Nova Scotia Police Review Board.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2023
• Parents of missing 3-year-old boy in N.S. take police to task for how they’ve been treated

  The Nova Scotia Police Review Board heard its first day of a week-long complaint appeal in regards to the Truro Police Force's response to the disappearance of Dylan Ehler.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2023
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• Police lacked ‘common sense’ handling N.S. man who suffocated in Halifax cell: lawyer

  41-year-old Corey Rogers died of suffocation while lying face down in a cell with a spit hood covering his mouth on June 15, 2016.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2021
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• N.S. man’s arrest ‘unnecessary’ but likely not motivated by race: police board

  While the board was critical of O'Brien's actions, it accepted the officer's claim that he had not perceived LeRue as Black or had been motivated by race.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2021