B.C. orders review into decades-old allegations that Mounties abused Indigenous girls in Prince George
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Decades after allegations were first reported to the RCMP that members in Prince George, B.C., sexually harassed and assaulted Indigenous girls in the community, an independent review has been launched by the province.
Decades after allegations were first reported to the RCMP that members in Prince George, B.C., sexually harassed and assaulted Indigenous girls in the community, an independent review has been launched by the province.
B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth announced the move Wednesday, saying the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will be leading the probe into how the Mounties handled the case.
"The allegations of historic misconduct of members in Prince George are disturbing and our government takes these allegations very seriously," he said in a statement.
"The RCMP have indicated they will co-operate with the investigation," he added.
Allegations that officers had abused vulnerable Indigenous girls who were caught up in the sex trade were first brought to the RCMP in the year 2000, according to a 2018 report from the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission.
That report has never been made public, but CTV News is among the media outlets that has obtained a copy. The allegations against officers range from "lewd remarks," to paying underage girls for sex, to sexual assault, the document says.
No officer from the detachment has ever been criminally charged or disciplined for misconduct, the report says.
