Dalhousie dentistry scandal won't result in police charges

Halifax Regional Police have reviewed material provided by Dalhousie University connected with the school dentistry scandal and decided not to launch a criminal investigation.

The scandal concerns misogynistic Facebook posts targeting female Dalhousie dentistry students.

Police tried to establish if any ofthe posts on theClass of DDS 2015 Gentlemen Facebookgroup contravened the Criminal Code. They found the posts did not violate the code,Const. PierreBourdages said Thursday.

In one of the posts in the group, male students voted on which female classmatethey'd like to have "hate" sex with and joked about using chloroform on women. In another post, a woman was shown in a bikini with the caption, "Bang until stress is relieved or unconscious."

On Wednesday, police received a package of documents from the university and reviewed it. They did not see anything that suggested a crime had occurred.

On Tuesday, Const.Bourdageshad said the university declined to release the information to police. That evening, a university spokesperson said there was a misunderstanding and that the university would co-operate with police.