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BRIDGEWATER - A former Nova Scotia police chief convicted in 2020 of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl is no longer facing a charge of failing to comply with an order under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act.
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BRIDGEWATER - A former Nova Scotia police chief convicted in 2020 of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl is no longer facing a charge of failing to comply with an order under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act.
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BRIDGEWATER – A former Nova Scotia police chief convicted in 2020 of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl is no longer facing a charge of failing to comply with an order under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act.
John Collyer was charged with violating the act in September 2025 and he was supposed to stand trial this week in a provincial court in Bridgewater, N.S., where he used to be police chief.
But on Monday, Crown prosecutor Hannah Cameron told Judge James Burrill that the Crown was withdrawing the charge, saying there was no public interest in proceeding with the case.
Burrill dismissed the charge.
On March 4, 2020, Collyer was sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl when he was deputy chief of the Bridgewater Police Service.
He was also sentenced to one year of probation and his DNA profile was to be added to the national sex offender registry for 20 years.
Collyer was granted full parole in August 2020, but it remains unclear what Collyer was accused of in 2025.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
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