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A Calgary police officer left a woman injured on the side of a road after she reported that a man had chased her in his truck, exposed herself and then began masturbating in front of her.
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“If you are a woman in Calgary, Alberta, this video is for you,” she said in a TikTok video. Postmedia contacted the woman but received no response. The video has been viewed over half a million times since Friday afternoon. The woman said she was walking on Elbow Drive on 4th Street SW when she saw a man in a white truck following her. The man drove down the alleys to walk in front of the vehicle before turning on the road. She said the man then went down to his window and tried to talk to her, but she was wearing headphones and could not hear what he was saying. “He was completely undressed from the waist down and was masturbating completely,” he said in the video. As he left, he wrote down the description and the number plate of the man.
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Meaghan Walsh was eating at a restaurant across the street at around 4:30 p.m. when he heard the woman shouting. “I look up and the woman is next to her. “And a truck is just leaving,” Walsh said. He crossed the street and asked to stand with the woman, while she told the 911 sender what had happened through the loudspeaker. Walsh said he was unsure if the man in the truck would return and needed police to respond if he did. He said he heard the sender confirm that an officer would be there. Forty minutes have passed. “Finally a policeman calls her and says, ‘Can we do this over the phone?’ “I heard it on the phone myself,” Walsh said. “We were both shocked because it was very clear from the beginning that we needed a police car on the spot and she had to return home safe. “And it was clear to us that this was not a priority.”
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Walsh said the woman asked if another officer was coming. “He said, ‘Well, someone can come.’ You know, I can come, I guess, I just started my shift. “Did the sender say anyone was coming?” The woman, disappointed by what just happened, decided to report later. Walsh, who stayed with the woman until a friend arrived to take her home, said she had filed a formal complaint against Calgary police. “I’m in complete disarray and shock because I see myself in it. I live in the Beltline area. “I walk alone all day in the light of day and I guess I’m safe,” he said. “To know that if something like this happened and I did not receive the services I needed is a very sad and impressive thought.” In a statement sent via email, a Calgary Police Department spokesman said police were in contact with the victim and were investigating why the response time was long. Police said the incident could be described as an obscene report under the Penal Code.
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Doug King, a professor of law at Mount Royal University, said he had never heard of a situation in which a police officer did not respond when sent. “You have someone who gave a description, gave a license number and is standing on the side of the road upset. And you do not answer? Really? “This is beyond the pale,” King said. A written reprimand could be added to the officer’s file if police find the violation through an investigation. “That’s exactly why you have to file a written complaint, because if this officer made a mistake, he has to explain why he made that mistake. “If it was a mistake that was not forced, there must be consequences for it.” Calgary Police Commission Chairman Sean Corbett said in a statement sent via email that victims of sexual violence should not wait for a police response. Corbett noted the “enormous pressure” on police officers “due to increased workload and staff shortages” and said improving staffing levels remained a priority for the commission. [email protected] Twitter: @BrittGervaisAB More news, fewer ads, faster upload time: Get unlimited, ad-lite access to the Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites for just $ 14 / month or $ 140 / year. Register now through Calgary Herald the Calgary Sun..
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