Concern has been expressed by the ACT's Chief Police Officer that the fallout from the Lehrmann mistrial and board of inquiry controversy which followed may be a deterrent to other sexual assault victims to report, and has committed to further improve "the way police operate and conduct criminal investigations".
"I do not want the impact of this report to result in people not willing to come forward to police to report sexual assaults," Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
