By Derek deLouche | Acting CEO
Humane Canada and Ottawa Police Services have completed Canada’s first ever training for front-line officers, as well as partner and sexual assault and child abuse detectives on the link between violence against humans and animals.
This training saw 48 officers from across Ontario receive training from noted forensic psychiatrist Dr. Peter Collins and animal behaviour scientist Dr. Rebecca Ledger.
Officers learned about the link between violence against people and animals, the psychology of perpetrators and how the link relates to conviction and sentencing.
Animal abuse cases have nuances that police officers do not normally deal with, and knowing what to look for will help determine if people are also being abused in the home. This can be lifesaving information.
Our goal is to make this training available to police forces right across Canada, and your support will ensure that we can continue to press forward on this important work.
This work is part of the advances made after the first Canadian Violence Link Conference held in Ottawa in 2017. We are excited to announce that a follow up summit has been scheduled for November 21-22, 2019 in Toronto where we will again be convening this important meeting of the minds to further Canada's work on the violence link. This conference will examine the link between violence against humans and animals, looking at the vulnerabilities in both populations and how various sectors can learn from each other and gather the necessary tools to stop the cycle of violence.
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