B.C. Mountie takes RCMP to court over dismissal of harassment complaint | 24CA News
A eight-year veteran of the RCMP is difficult the Mounties in federal courtroom.
In a courtroom submitting, Const. Nicole Patapoff claims she was harassed and the case mishandled by the RCMP’s Independent Centre for Harassment Resolution, an company that’s supposed to advertise optimistic change, particularly for feminine members.
In the courtroom submitting, Patapoff references her annual firearms qualification coaching.
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During the coaching, she alleges her line officer informed her “to go home, get a bottle of Windex, and get into her kitchen and bathroom and just start cleaning” to strengthen her set off finger.
She claims the officer adopted her outdoors, commenting, ”I didn’t even acknowledge you”, ”Wow,” and ”I love your hair.”
Patapoff’s grievance to the RCMP’s Independent Centre for Harassment Resolution wasn’t investigated for 10 months.
It then deemed the incident wasn’t harassment, simply a poor alternative of phrases, and that no hurt was supposed.
“This was a decision that was made by a federally-appointed harassment investigator and so the recourse in this situation is to seek judicial review of the investigator’s decision,” Patapoff’s lawyer, Sebastien Anderson, informed Global News.
The Independent Centre for Harassment Resolution was established after Janet Merlo’s class motion harassment case in opposition to the RCMP led to a $125-million settlement involving extra than 2,300 feminine officers.
That was adopted by a $100-million settlement for civilian members.
Despite settlements and apologies, the new system isn’t working, retired RCMP constable Lisa McKenzie informed Global News.
“It’s another centre that says they’re going to oversee these harassment and bullying cases, and that’s it’s independent, but it’s not independent,” she stated.
Anderson is in search of to have the harassment investigation outcomes overturned, saying the course of has been extraordinarily tough for his shopper.
She has had to take issues into her personal arms, get hold of authorized counsel to take on this battle and it’s unlucky as a result of this downside has been properly recognized to the federal authorities for over 30 years,” he stated.
Global News has requested remark from the RCMP.
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