Ontario police charge 93-year-old after assault (youtube.com)
Attacking her 93-year-old husband. She has dementia (and so couldn't even have criminal intent).
In Canada, everything that happened was mandatory. No choice, no discretion. The care home by policy has to call police. Police arriving at a 'intimate partner violence' by law have to charge everyone.
Ontario's solicitor general said police do have discretion in some circumstances, 'local police services are responsible for applying these procedures...' Pass the buck much? I've only ever heard that modern Canadian law requires arrest on a domestic call. That's why you should never call the police in Canada.
Canada.