If you decide to report your sexual assault to the police, they will ask you to answer/do the following to the best of your ability:
- Provide a description of what happened (who, what, when, and where)
- Provide a statement that may be recorded with audio and/or visual
- Answer interview questions
- Provide any names that you can remember (including names of the perpetrator[s], witnesses, and bystanders)
- Provide any physical evidence you may have
- Contact the investigator or detachment if you remember any additional information later on
After your meeting, the police investigator will generate a file number, and will begin an investigation if you decide you want to move forward with one. Remember, you can access the support of the Legal Advocate at Athena’s Sexual Assault Counselling and Advocacy Centre when you make your report. If there is enough evidence to lay charges, the police and the Crown could ask you to testify if the matter proceeds to court.