Can the police be held liable for not doing anything to investigate allegations of sexual assault?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Orduno v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 FC 1224 (CanLII):
As in Gamash v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 93 F.T.R. 242, the police cannot be faulted for doing nothing because they did not have the necessary information to proceed with an investigation or make an arrest.
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