The Thunder Bay police chief is acknowledging some residents’ eroding belief within the service as his predecessor and different high-ranking members of the pressure face felony costs.
However Chief Darcy Fleury, a former veteran RCMP officer introduced in to guide the embattled service final 12 months, says his group is dedicated to rebuild confidence and supply honest policing to the neighborhood.
Fleury held a information convention at the moment after ex-chief Sylvie Hauth and the service’s former in-house lawyer had been arrested final week as a part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of misconduct by members of the pressure.
Hauth and former in-house lawyer Holly Walbourne each face costs of obstruction of justice and breach of belief for allegedly making false statements to the police board and the Ontario Civilian Police Fee.
The fee investigated allegations of misconduct in 2022 and charged Hauth below the Police Service Act for allegedly overseeing an improper felony investigation into the previous police board chair after which allegedly attempting to cowl up her involvement, however Hauth resigned simply earlier than she was set to go earlier than a police oversight tribunal.
The most recent felony allegations come after the December arrest of officer Mike Dimini who was charged with two counts of assault, and one depend every of breach of belief and obstruction of justice for alleged offences happening in 2014, 2016 and 2020.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 15, 2024.
