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www.insidehalton.com |OAKVILLE BEAVER |Thursday, June 22, 2017 |8 ALL YOU C A N EAT continued from p.4 N ewcom m ittee, case reviewteam s There are a number of reasons police might close a case as unfounded, either because the victim doesn't want to pursue charges, there isn't considered enough evidence or police don't believe a crime occurred as reported. · · · Members of the new Sexual Assault Case Handling Review Team who attended the report' s introduction and passing were Alma Arguello, executive director of Sexual Assault & Violence Intervention Services of Halton (SAVIS); Chondrena Viera-Martin, executive director of Thrive Counselling; Darina Vasek, a social worker with Nina' s Place; Jane Bottomley, a charge nurse with Nina' s Place; and Tricia Porter, a clinical social worker and consultant with Social Work Support. Halton police Acting Supt. Anthony Odoardi of CASA is also a member of the review team. The following are the other members of the Sexual Assault Case Handling Review Team: Martha Barragan (Women' s Centre of Halton); Diane Beaulieau (Halton Women' s Place); Rebecca Burrows (SAVIS); Kimberley Clark (victim services unit, Halton police); Ancilla Ho-Young (Advancement of Women Halton); Monica Mackenzie (Ministry of the Attorney General), Julie Moscato (executive director of the Halton Regional Police Services Board); and Carol Oosting (Thrive Counselling). The review team has met a few times as a group and corresponds regularly by email, said Moscato. "We will continue to meet on an ongoing L U N C HO RD IN N E R O R D E RAS U S H IB O A T F O RY O U RN E X T B A C K Y A R DP A R T Y ! 280 North Service Road W. @ Dorval 905-338-6228 10% OFF Dinner only. cash only & with this ad. www.august8.ca One pertains to the June 21 forum. The second recommendation is the formation of a sexual assault advisory committee that will, in part, ensure policies and procedures are effective and up-to-date, develop learning opportunities for police and victim advocate agencies, and review how investigations are conducted. The third recommendation is that Halton police conduct victim advocate case reviews in the handling of sexual assault cases. The fourth recommendation is essentially that the police services board monitors the outcomes of a police information and statistics committee related to current case clearance categories. The fifth recommendation is that Halton police amends its current policy on sexual assault investigations in areas like training and that accountability mechanisms be in place for the classification of cases as "unfounded." It is the latter point that has been the centre of attention of late. Media coverage of Halton and other police services' handling of sexual assault cases earlier this year, as well as Halton police services own investigation, led the local police services board to conduct its own review into the matter. A high rate -- 30 per cent -- of unfounded sexual assaults in Halton (about 50 cases a year) was revealed in a Globe and Mail report, which prompted the internal police audit of the handling of sexual assault cases in Halton in 2016. DIGITAL TREASURES.ca Video l photo l Film l Audio con version + digital m edia solution s to DIGITAL Computer/ USB SmartTV AppleTV the Cloud DVD (416 ) 479 0903 Burlington · Etobicoke · North York w w w .D igitalTreasures.ca