Supportive Reporting Program

The Supportive Reporting Program (SRP) is a partnership between several RCMP detachments and their local/community sexual assault support centres. The SRP allows an opportunity for a survivor who attends a participating support centre and wishes to file a police report, to have a third party individual (advocate) liaise between the police and the survivor. The advocate will contact the local police to arrange for a time/place for the survivor to meet with a specially-trained, trauma-informed police investigator. The police investigator will meet with the survivor at the support centre (or other agreed upon location) and explain reporting options, roles and responsibilities of those involved in the criminal justice process and offer any other information that may help the survivor make an informed choice about whether or not they wish to report or how far they wish to participate in the criminal justice system. Regardless if a survivor participates fully in the criminal justice process, they will still receive support to help them through their reporting steps.

Date modified:

2022-04-07