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THUNDER BAY — Newly-minted police chief Darcy Fleury took questions on everything from addictions and drug decriminalization to the ‘defund the police’ movement and racism within the Thunder Bay Police Service in a wide-ranging town hall meeting on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, however, those concerns were mixed with broader questions about the new chief’s vision for policing in a meeting at the Oliver Road Community Centre attended by around 50 people. Fleury expressed his desire to rehabilitate the police force’s reputation, damaged after multiple reports found systemic racism against Indigenous people had influenced everything from its governance to its death investigations.
Asked directly by one resident how he'll tackle “implicit racism” in the force, Fleury pointed largely to a revision of police policies and procedures. “You’ll never hear me say, defund the police. I don’t believe in that,” he said. “But you will hear me say, time and again, fund those agencies. They have to be funded properly.”
Fleury said he doesn’t believe there is an “all-out gang war” in the city, but looked to draw a line under the incident.
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