The report prepared by former Thunder Bay Police Services Board administrator Malcolm Mercer for the OCPC recommends for the board to govern with consensus-based decisions and shared goals.
THUNDER BAY — The former administrator to the Thunder Bay Police Services Board is recommending the board make consensus-based decisions as much as possible, while also increasing reporting on the work being done to implement the many recommendations handed down to the police service and board.
“This may have been because of the difficult circumstances in which the Board found itself,” Mercer said. Mercer noted in his report that the allegations against Hauth and Walbourne are not related to policing within the community, but rather communications with the police services board, the OCPC, and the Toronto Police Service.
The police services board now has a full complement of members and Mercer wrote that it is functioning and focusing on: “important work without the serious distractions that impeded the work of the prior Board.” “Understandably, the non-Indigenous members are particularly concerned about Thunder Bay's reputation and the costs of the Service and the Board. In my opinion, these perspectives are reasonably reconcilable if the Board takes a longer-term view,” Mercer said.
“I urge the new Board to work collaboratively and to act on consensus to the extent possible so that the diverse needs of the population of Thunder Bay are advanced. If the Board does not do so, there is a very real risk that the new Board may again fracture and fail to achieve what is required for the people and communities served in Thunder Bay,” Mercer said.
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