Police forces in two cities in northern Ontario say their projects aimed at reducing incidents of intimate partner violence and supporting victims through the justice process are showing success.

It’s been over a year since officers with Sault Ste. Marie Police started following up with complainants whose calls could be related to intimate partner violence.

“The pilot project came out of a horrible tragedy that occurred here in the Sault back in October of 2023 with the unfortunate death of Angie Sweeney at the hands of one of her former intimate partners,” said Sault Ste. Marie Police Chief Brent Duguay in an interview with CBC News.

Every time someone calls police about intimate partner violence or IPV, they get a call back from an officer working in the IPV unit — a unit that exp

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