Info session hopes to educate frontline staff accepting sexual assault disclosures
Grande Prairie’s Chief Crown Prosecutor will be speaking at an event this week in hopes of educating frontline staff when it comes to helping sexual assault victims.
Called ‘Reporting Sexual Assault and Navigating the Criminal Justice System’, Steven Hinkley says he will be explaining what participating in the criminal justice system looks.
“What the important things to know and understand when receiving a sexual assault disclosure are, also, how to best guide people who are making sexual assault disclosure through the criminal justice system and to the appropriate resources to ensure their disclosures are dealt with in the most timely and effective manner.”
He says according to the recent Vital Signs report there already has been an increase in reports of sexual assaults here and he expects the numbers to increase.