Members of the Thunder Bay Police Service are under investigation.
Though there is little information that is being released as to not skew the investigation, it does come at a time when the Attorney General referred a request to the provincial force in December to conduct an interview.
The OPP have confirmed that an investigation has started against members of the city police service.
The province’s police force replied to a request for comment from Acadia News citing…
In order to protect the integrity of the investigation and any ensuing court processes it would be inappropriate to comment on specific details of the case or the investigation. We also can’t speculate on how long the investigation will take or what the outcome will be.
A statement was shared to Acadia News from Board Chair, Kristen Oliver;
I can share that the Board is concerned to hear of the investigation, but is respectful of the process that the OPP is engaged in.
The Board has no information on the scope of the investigation, other than that the OPP is responding to a request of the Attorney General and allegations raised there. The Board is very concerned that individual members of the Service have had their names publicly attached to this matter, by third parties, in a way that is damaging to them and contrary to the confidentiality that the Police Services Act requires.
This comes on the heels of Deputy Chief Ryan Hughes being suspended pending an internal investigation as well as complaints to Ontario’s human rights tribunal from specific Police Board members.
Oliver’s statement also read that the board would not be suspending Chief Sylvie Hauth, “not unless and until there are objective findings that would lead to such a decision”.
The Ministry of the Attorney General sent the request for an investigation to the OPP in December 2021
