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Catherine Galliford's 2012 lawsuit exposed widespread harassment in the RCMP and inspired others to speak out, leading to multiple related civil suits, officials said.
- On Friday, Catherine Galliford, former RCMP spokesperson and corporal, died at 58 of liver cancer in Kamloops, British Columbia, after suing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police alleging sexual harassment.
- In May 2012, Catherine Galliford filed a civil suit naming four officers, an RCMP doctor, the Attorney General of Canada, and B.C.'s justice minister, alleging years of persistent sexual harassment over two decades on the force.
- In a 2011 interview with CBC News, Galliford described long-term sexual harassment, said investigators were indifferent, and revealed she developed PTSD and agoraphobia due to her treatment on the force.
- Janet Merlo said it was Catherine's interview that encouraged other officers to speak up and find their voices, noting she was the inspiration who spurred civil suits and a reckoning within RCMP ranks.
- Cheryl Jarvis urged remembering Galliford's courage and called on officers to speak up, while Janet Merlo said stress from treatment likely caused her cancer, adding, `It broke my heart that her whole life was torn to shreds for nothing more than telling the truth`.
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Catherine Galliford, the RCMP officer who launched a sexual harassment lawsuit against the force, dead at 58
Galliford's treatment, which she said left her with PTSD and agoraphobia, eventually prompted her to file a lawsuit that was settled in 2016, and her lawsuit led to a wave of other civil suits from other officers that forced a reckoning within the RCMP ranks.
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