Sexual assault

Question 1

True or False

Only the Officer in Charge, the divisional sexual assault investigator, or in their absence, a divisional investigator, may request the assistance of the Detective Operations-Sex Crimes through the Toronto Police Operations Centre once the preliminary investigation has been conducted.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Divisional sex assault investigators shall be responsible for investigations that do not fall within the mandate of sex Crimes .

True or false

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Historical family sex assaults and those where the suspect is know will generally be handled by the divisional sex assault investigators.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A divisional sexual assault investigator shall be assigned as the lead investigator in all sex assault cases except ?

Answer 4

Where the victim is under 16 years of age a child sexual abuse investigator shall conduct the investigation in compliance with procedure 05-06
- when the incident arises out of a intimate partner violence situation as defined in Procedure 05-04 a intimate partner iolence investigator shall be assigned as the lead investigator but shall work in conjunction with an accredited sex assault investigator

• when the incident involves child pornography or child luring as defined in Proceedure 05-24 the internet child exploitation section shall be notified and will assume control over the intersection
• when the incident involves human trafficking for the purpose of exploiting persons or facilitating their exploitation for a sexual and / or forced labour purpose as defined in Proceedure 05-31 the human trafficking enforcement team shall notified.

Question 5

Upon conclusion of a preliminary investigation sex crimes in consultation with the preliminary investigation will determine who will take charge of the investigation, which will be based on risk assessment

True or false

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Sexual Assault situations where the suspect/ accused is a member of the service shall directly reported sex crimes who will conduct the preliminary investigations. Upon conclusion of the preliminary investigation, the unit commander of sex crimes/ duty senior officer or sex crimes investigators , shall notify PRS who will assume the role of case manager. Sex crimes will assist PRS as required

Answer 6

True

Question 7

CYAC will investigate child sexual and physical abuse that include
Physical assaults, emotional abuse, or neglect occurrences when the victim is under the age of 16 and the suspect is a caregiver, parent or a person in a position of authority
- physical assaults when the victim is under the age of 16 the suspect is known adult
- sexual offences when the victim is under the age of 18 the suspect is known and the offences are not within the mandate of sex crimes investigative office
- occurrences entitled hold in need of protection or child left unattended

Answer 7

True