If you’ve ever wondered why women are reluctant to bring forward allegations of sexual harassment, look no further than the furor unleashed when 15 female police officers contacted city councillor and police commissioner Diane Colley-Urquhart to discuss sexual harassment and the culture of intimidation and retaliation they’d experienced at the Calgary Police Service.
Ms. Colley-Urquhart took the matter to police chief Roger Chaffin. Nothing happened until the story hit the press.
Then Chief Chaffin posted a statement on Facebook saying his door is always open to anyone who has been mistreated, implying that people (Ms. Colley-Urquhart perhaps?) were politicizing the matter and former police officers who confirmed the women’s allegations were spreading inaccurate information.
Ward Sutherland, a fellow city councillor and police commissioner, weighed in saying if this was a real problem, Colley-Urquhart should have acted sooner, she should have brought the matter to the Police Commission and she was wrong on the facts. – READ MORE
