Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., are moving forward with the purchase of body-worn, and in-car cameras, but the exact timeline of the rollout of the devices is dependent on the COVID-19 pandemic.
THUNDER BAY The Thunder Police Services Board received a progress report on the 44 recommendations handed by the Office of the Independent Police Review during Tuesday’s board meeting.
Legal counsel for the Thunder Bay Police Service, Holly Walbourne, presented the second yearly report to the board on Tuesday, Jan. 19, and outlined the service’s progress on all 44 recommendations.
In December 2018, a 300-plus page report by the OIPRD detailed failings on the part of the Thunder Bay Police Service to address the policing needs of Indigenous people in the community.
One of the most significant recommendations in the report recommended the reinvestigation of nine sudden deaths involving indigenous people by a multi-discipline team. The OIPRD recommended the cases be reopened because the initial investigations lacked quality.
The Thunder Bay Police Services Board will get an update on the city police service's progress on implementing the recommendations in the Office of the Independent Police Review Director's Broken Trust report on Tuesday.
Police services board defers vote on proposed new police station until January
The Thunder Bay Police Services Board deferred its vote on a proposed new police headquarters in the city until next month.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:27 PM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
The Thunder Bay Police Services Board will discuss a possible new city police headquarters at its January meeting.(Thunder Bay Police)
The Thunder Bay Police Services Board deferred its vote on a proposed new police headquarters in the city until next month.
A motion on the matter was presented on Tuesday s meeting. It called on the board to throw its support behind a new, $50-million police headquarters, which would replace the current building on Balmoral Street.