The Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) alone spent an estimated $1.2 million on six officers suspended between 2016 to present, including two chiefs and a deputy chief.
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Ontario's Inspector General of Policing has announced a review of the Thunder Bay Police Service, and police services board. A new provincial oversight body has announced it will conduct an inspection of the Thunder Bay Police Service and Thunder Bay Police Services Board following several public complaints.
"My office received several complaints regarding the Thunder Bay Police Service and in particular, how death investigations are conducted," Teschner said in an interview with CBC News on Friday. "Those complaints are within my jurisdiction, and so I made the decision that we would conduct an inspection of the Thunder Bay Police Service under the Community Safety and Policing Act.
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