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Originally Posted by Nelson
Hold on, nope. The police are responsible for determining reasonable grounds and laying charges. In most provinces, Crown then withdraws or stays charges for which there is no reasonable likelihood of conviction or insufficient public interest in a prosecution (or as a result of resolution without trial). In BC, NB and QC and in some places in AB (because there is a rollout occurring that may make AB like BC, NB and QC), they have pre-charge approval (PCA), and Crown approves, modifies, or denies charges before police lay them. (Statistics from BC, NB and QC have shown a significant reduction in charges in the system with PCA. In AB places with PCA, the reduction has been about 30% year over year.) You can read about AB’s rollout in the news.
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Nelson, appreciate this post.
Care to dumb down the bolded, with a further explanation?