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Report on troubled Thunder Bay police board brings hope but also doubt amid warning change will take time

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Community leaders and stakeholders in Thunder Bay, Ont., say they are watching carefully for the police service’s next steps in the wake of a major report tabled to the police oversight board Thursday night.

The report, written by a nine-member expert panel over a year, calls for urgent and transformative action, saying “status quo and quick fixes are no longer tenable.” It built upon hundreds of recommendations previously issued to the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) and the Thunder Bay Police Services Board (TBPSB), with their implementation being “uneven” at best.

“This report shows how this service’s leadership continues to refuse to accept responsibility for its

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/reax-tbay-police-board-final-report-1.6811272?cmp=rss.

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