Sask. decries RCMP decision

The Saskatchewan government says it’s disappointed the RCMP has declined to participate in a new measure aimed at preventing people from becoming victims of domestic violence. The province said legislation will come into effect next week allowing police services to warn someone about a partner’s abusive past. Partners will be able to request this information from police and officers will also be permitted to share it with someone they deem to be at risk. But the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice said the RCMP, which handles policing in most of rural Saskatchewan, won’t be participating. “We are extremely disappointed,” Justice Minister Don Morgan said in a letter to the federal minister of public safety. The RCMP could not immediately be reached for comment.