Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief says it is now ‘painfully clear’ that Indigenous peoples have no trust in the police force and the Thunder Bay Police Services Board
Two Indigenous leaders are demanding that the Thunder Bay Police Service be dismantled and are calling on the Ontario government to ensure that effective police services are delivered in its absence.
He pointed to what he called the “repeated failures” of the force, saying it should no longer be permitted to carry out major crime investigations. In a December 2018 review, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director found that systemic racism exists at an institutional level at the Thunder Bay Police Service, which affected the investigations into the deaths of Indigenous people.