Saskatchewan recently became the first province in Canada to enact the Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol, or Clare’s Law, and it is available in our community.

Officers with the Moose Jaw Police Service have undergone training for the new law and applications are available at the police station. The RCMP are not taking part due to conflicts with federal privacy laws.

Clare’s Law allows municipal police to disclose a person’s domestic violence history to an intimate partner.

Staff Sgt. Trisha Seman with the Moose Jaw Police Service said personal information will not be given out.

“We do give them risk-related information that will tell them if they are in a relationship or a situation that’s either a low, medium or high risk,” she said.

Seman added that the law is a good step towards being preventive versus reactive.

“We hope that it will help in some situations for sure. It’s definitely going to help with people that really don’t know their intimate partner. It’s about a risk assessment, Seman said.

Clare’s Law first came into effect in the United Kingdom in 2014 and it is named after 36-year-old Clare Wood, who was murdered in the U.K. by her ex-boyfriend in 2009.