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Thunder Bay police officers who investigated Indigenous man s 2015 death to face disciplinary proceedings
An adjudicator has ruled that three Thunder Bay police officers who were involved in what was found to be a deficient sudden death investigation of Indigenous man Stacy DeBungee in 2015 will face disciplinary proceedings.
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Stacy DeBungee s body was found in the McIntyre River in Thunder Bay on Oct. 19, 2015. (CBC)
An adjudicator has ruled that three Thunder Bay Police Service officers who were involved in what was found to be a deficient sudden death investigation of an Indigenous man will face disciplinary proceedings.
An adjudicator has ruled that the three officers involved in the 2015 investigation into the death of 41-year-old Stacy DeBungee may be served with notices of hearings, a law firm representing the family of DeBungee announced on their website on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
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A retired Superior Court of Ontario judge will decide whether three Thunder Bay police officers will face a disciplinary hearing, more than three years after an investigation revealed evidence of neglect of duty and discreditable conduct in the death investigation of Ojibwa man Stacy DeBungee.
Lee Ferrier heard submissions from lawyers for the Thunder Bay Police Service, the DeBungee family, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) and the police officers in a Zoom hearing live streamed on Wednesday.