The force has been beset for years by internal feuding, allegations of misconduct and dismal relations with area Indigenous residents
Former Thunder Bay police chief Sylvie Hauth was arrested and charged by provincial police on Friday, in connection with a continuing criminal investigation of members of the troubled service.with two counts of obstruction of justice and one count each of obstructing a public or peace officer and breach of trust by a public officer, the Ontario Provincial Police said Friday in a news release.
The provincial police did not detail the reasons for the charges on Friday, but Ms. Hauth, who served as chief for six years until her retirement early last year, has been at the centre of previous complaints against the Thunder Bay service’s upper ranks. In subsequent complaints to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and the Ontario Civilian Police Commission, the veteran officers said they had faced retaliation from Ms. Hauth, and also from Holly Walbourne, who was then the force’s in-house legal counsel.filed a human-rights complaint against the chief and boardThe Ontario Civilian Police Commission launched an investigation, and said in 2022 that it had largely substantiated that allegation.
The OPP have said they received a request from the province’s Ministry of the Attorney General to investigate possible criminal misconduct within the Thunder Bay force in December, 2021.Mr. Dimini, the staff sergeant, with two counts of assault, one count of breach of trust and one count of obstructing justice related to incidents in 2014, 2016 and 2020. He was suspended with pay.
Darcy Fleury, who replaced Ms. Hauth as police chief in Thunder Bay, said in a statement that the service welcomed and fully co-operated with the criminal investigation. He called the probe another step toward resolution “and our ability to wholly move forward as a police service.”
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