Public interest investigation into RCMP workplace harassment : Public interest investigation into Royal Canadian Mounted Police workplace harassment

In the course of that While public concern initially focused on investigation, the Commission examined the the performance of policing duties and the manner in which complaints of harassment had conduct of members towards the public they been dealt with by the RCMP over the previous serve, what appeared to be a groundswell six years. [...] Specifi cally, the Commission of members speaking largely through the examined the extent of the RCMP’s overall media about their dissatisfaction with the compliance with its own policy in respect of organization quickly drew public attention to complaints of workplace harassment, and the the manner in which the organization deals adequacy of that policy and related training. [...] Force, completed in the fall of 2012, which listed the number of women in the RCMP Since January 2012, the Commission has at each rank, and essentially addressed the regularly monitored news media stories issue of the representation and promotion related to workplace harassment within of women in the RCMP. [...] The breakdown of fi les by • the gender, length of service and RCMP division can be found in Table 1.1 employee type of the complainant and respondent; Overall and on average, the total number • the relationship between the of complaints formally lodged represented complainant and respondent; approximately 2.5 % of all employees of the RCMP. [...] While all of the examined Board Secretariat of Canada (2009) suggests Canadian police service policies included, that after the complainant and respondent encouraged and even necessitated the “. have been advised of the outcome of attempted use of informal measures to resolve the formal resolution process,” managers harassment complaints, not all of the police should “. help the parties re-integra