Responding to a lawsuit filed in in July, the provincial government is denying a female Mountie's allegations of harassment while working at the Prince George RCMP detachment in the early 1990s.
The province is also maintaining that many of the alleged acts of harassment claimed by Cst. Karen Katz were first brought to the RCMP's attention only when she filed the legal action.
"Any alleged damages or perceived failures of the RCMP in relation to these alleged acts are attributable to the plaintiff's failure to notify the RCMP of her complaints in a timely manner or at all," the province states in the response.
Katz, who has been on sick leave since 2009, is alleging she was the recipient of many offensive, humiliating and demeaning comments during the time she worked in Prince George from March 1990 to July 1994.
Katz alleges similar treatment at RCMP depot in Regina and at North Vancouver RCMP where she eventually worked after she transferred from Prince George.
But in the response, the province said the RCMP members named in Katz's claim acted properly in their performance and are denying "each and every allegation" Katz has made.
The government also indicated that even if her allegations are correct, she is suing the wrong defendant because internal management and administration of the B.C. RCMP remains under the federal government's control.
And the government maintains her claims are "statute barred" in part because she has raised them six years after the last of them were alleged to have occurred.
Katz, who has authored four books on outlaw biker culture, said she now suffers from a variety of health disorders, including post-traumatic stress, bulimia and severe abdominal pain because of the continual harassment and abuse.
The response to her notice of civil claim was filed on Nov. 22.
