More than a month after Kelowna RCMP announced the completion of its internal review about the high number of sexual assaults that were deemed 乌鸦传媒渦nfounded乌鸦传媒� in 2018 and 2019, an update has yet to be given.

Now, following a brief protest in council chambers on Monday, the mayor said he will request the report himself.

The City of Kelowna and the local detachment came under fire in October 2019 after 乌鸦传媒 revealed nearly 40 per cent of sexual assaults reported to police were deemed 乌鸦传媒渦nfounded.乌鸦传媒�

Subsequently, the RCMP launched an internal investigation into those numbers, the results of which are now in the hands of Kelowna Mounties.

乌鸦传媒淲e have completed the review and are going through the results,乌鸦传媒� wrote RCMP Cst. Solana Pare in a Jan. 23 release. 乌鸦传媒淲hen we have a full understanding of the results, we will provide an update which should be within the next few weeks.乌鸦传媒�

Those few weeks have now passed and Kelowna乌鸦传媒檚 sexual assault survivors and allies are left waiting for answers.

乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檓 embarrassed that this is what our city has become,乌鸦传媒� said survivor Heather Friesen after her demonstration in council chambers.

乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 been over a month and we haven乌鸦传媒檛 heard a word. Why? Because they have to put their spin on it.

乌鸦传媒淚 want answers; I乌鸦传媒檓 tired of waiting. Why (isn乌鸦传媒檛 city council) asking for it? Why aren乌鸦传媒檛 they protecting the citizens of Kelowna? Why aren乌鸦传媒檛 they asking for answers for the city of Kelowna? Their silence is rape culture.乌鸦传媒�

Following the council meeting, Mayor Colin Basran confirmed he will request the report from the RCMP but until it is released there乌鸦传媒檚 nothing he can say on the matter.

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The mayor said that a sexual assault unit within the Kelowna RCMP, as Friesen has been petitioning for, is a possibility if it乌鸦传媒檚 recommended by the report.

Friesen said the mayor has ignored numerous requests for a one-on-one meeting. Basran denied the accusation and said he would gladly meet with her.

乌鸦传媒淭hat is completely false. The last time she requested a meeting, she was yelling at me at a public meeting at UBCO,乌鸦传媒� said Basran.

乌鸦传媒乌鸦传媒� requests for comment from the RCMP were not returned.

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