A pilot project put in place last month by the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service in the wake of last year's mass shooting that was linked to intimate partner violence has yielded two arrests so far, says Chief Hugh Stevenson.
On Thursday, Stevenson gave an update to the Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board on the pilot project, in which officers follow up on calls for service related to intimate partner violence in which no charges are initially laid. "The project is successful because any time where we have additional charges or we have reason to speak to the victim a second time, it's always an indication that we're continually checking on them as time goes by to make sure if there's any further opportunity for us to assist in public safety," said Stevenson.
"Those two people being charged could have potentially saved a woman's life, and for that I'm forever going to be grateful. Any kind of change, any kind of proactive action making a real dent in IPV is amazing."
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