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The chair of the Thunder Bay Police Services Board breaks her silence two weeks after the Broken Trust final report was submitted to the board, and over a week after it was recommended more sudden deaths of Indigenous people should be reinvestigated.
First Nations leaders in northern Ontario are calling for the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) to be disbanded and subject to provincial oversight, with a Nishnawbe Aski Nation deputy grand chief saying she's lost faith that police will serve the community.
Thunder Bay police Chief Sylvie Hauth says she remains “100 per cent” certain that the community should trust the ability of the police service to fulfil its mandate. Hauth spoke to CBC as complaints mount against the police force in Ontario's north.
Chief Sylvie Hauth says because new investigative techniques were used, it's not surprising that deficiencies were found.
As pressure continues on the Thunder Bay Police Service in northwestern Ontario and its oversight board, members have voted to strike an expert panel to advise its response to a series of human rights complaints filed against the service and the board.