Provides investigative services for all occurrences of child sexual abuse and severe physical abuse.
Service offers:
- investigative services for all occurrences of child sexual abuse and severe physical abuse
Includes:
- all complaints concerning sexual abuse of children under 14 years old
- sexual assault complaints pertaining to youth 14 to 17 years old where the suspect is in a position of trust or authority over the youth (such as group homes, schools, and more)
- all serious physical assaults and neglect issues pertaining to children under 14 years old
- incidents of “stranger” abductions of children under 14 years old
- incidents of parental abductions where the children are at imminent risk of harm, or are known to have been taken from the province of Alberta
- all sexual assaults involving children 13 years of age or younger at the time of reporting
- incidents of child abuse that include all aggravated assaults and serious assaults causing bodily
- sexual assaults involving 14 or 15 year olds at the time in which a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) kit is required or a penile swab is required
- sexual assaults involving 14 or 15 year olds if aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault causing bodily harm, sexual assault involving a weapon or threats to a 3rd party, sexual assaults involving a serial offender, sexual assaults that have a multi-jurisdictional element, aggravated assaults and serious assaults causing bodily harm (shaken baby syndrome, numerous broken bones, internal bleeding, severe bruising, suspicious burns)
- 17 years and younger - parental abductions when either of the following is met: the child is at imminent risk or the child is known to have been taken from the Province of Alberta
- 17 years and younger - incidents of stranger abduction
Police work with a multi-disciplinary team in a child-focused, child-friendly environment to:
- allow for a more efficient gathering of information
- minimize additional trauma for the children by minimizing the number of interviews and repetitive questions posed by the various agencies involved
- gather better information and greater potential for convicting suspects