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THUNDER BAY — A Thunder Bay Police Service officer has pleaded guilty to Police Service Act charges including discreditable conduct from an interaction with an Indigenous individual and the penalty could be dismissal from the force.
The individual ran but a second Indigenous male seen walking with him was approached near a bus stop shelter. Adjudicator Morris Elbers accepted the guilty pleas and heard submissions on disposition from the service prosecutor Holly Walbourne and defense counsel David Butt. Haase’s actions represent a serious incident, according to Walbourne, which is evident in the body worn camera footage.
“Yet less than a year later, this event occurs. What you have is an officer with very little service and a track record of not taking the job seriously,” Walbourne said. Butt acknowledged that Haase’s actions were serious enough to warrant the charges, which is why there was a plea of guilt, but it in no way constitutes a penalty of complete dismissal from the service.
“What did that person say? What he said was he recalled the interaction. He said he personally had no concerns with the physical contact,” Butt said. “What does that tell us? He was fully aware this was an officer in uniform and he had no concerns with an officer in uniform doing what he did.”
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