Bullying problem at the RCMP?

The RCMP may have a bullying problem within their ranks.

According to CBC News, a report released by the force’s watchdog does point to the fact that there is a bullying problem in the RCMP. The report was commissioned after two female Mounties confessed to being the victims of systemic sexual harassment.

The report details about 700 hundred harassment complaints filed between 2005 and 2011. 90 per cent of the complaints involved bullying and 4 per cent dealt with sexual harassment.

Several Mounties came forward in 2011 citing abusive behavior and intimidation at the hands of their colleagues.

The report comes one day after the RCMP in BC was accused of abusive acts against aboriginal women, including rape. The Human Rights Watch has urged the federal government to start a national inquiry.

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