Police & Court Support

As each individual’s healing journey is unique — how they respond to and heal from trauma — the Sendero Centre is here to empower you to make your own choices and define your own experience, no matter how it is framed in a criminal justice response.

Brave Space is an environment that acknowledges the challenges that one has when attempting to have a discussion around difficult and/or sensitive topics. Person-centred — meeting where the person is on their journey by the sense of connectedness, predictability, flexibility and empowerment.

You are not alone. We are here to support you through this process.

Providing you with options on reporting in a supportive and comfortable atmosphere, it aims to meet survivors of unreported sexual violence at a place and time where they feel most comfortable to report what happened to them.

This collaborative program between the Red Deer RCMP and Sendero Centre takes a person-centred approach to reporting sexual offences. The reporting session can take place at a time of your choosing and can be hosted at Sendero Centre’s Supportive Reporting Room.

Before a statement is collected, you are given the opportunity to speak to the officer about how the criminal justice process works, ask about the court process and any other questions you may have. If you decide not to provide a statement at that time, those wishes are respected.