Canada's top military police officer is citing privacy concerns for the fact the Canadian Armed Forces have yet to make good on last year's promise to revisit more than 160 cases of sexual assault previously deemed "unfounded." Senior military commanders announced plans last spring to review the cases after an internal review found nearly one in three cases logged between 2010 and 2016 received the "unfounded" label — a rate higher than that of most civilian police forces. Previously, many incidents would have been handled by less experienced military police officers at whichever Canadian Forces base or facility the alleged incident occurred. "When you code it as unfounded, you're saying that complaint is not a legitimate complaint," Delaney said. "My expectation is that it largely falls into the improperly coded category as opposed to the improperly investigated category.

Source: CBC News January 30, 2018 12:22 UTC