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THUNDER BAY — City police are expressing serious concerns over the announcement that all forensic autopsies may need to be done in Toronto starting in June.
"It will have a profound impact," said Det. Insp. Jeremy Pearson of the Thunder Bay Police Service's Criminal Investigation Branch, noting that this goes beyond the cost of sending officers away, as it also means suspected crime scenes must be kept secure by officers in the city while police await the results of autopsies.
Since August 2021, about 300 posts-mortems related to city police investigations have been conducted out of the district, while 131 have been done in the city. In its Broken Trust report, it also recommended the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service provide autopsy services compatible with cultural norms in Indigenous communities.
Pearson echoed that, saying "It's unfortunate that in the case of five years, there haven't been advancements made ...All we can do is publicly re-state our support of the idea and the fact that we recognize the need for that service in this region."A record-setting 15 homicide investigations were conducted last year in a community that also has one of the highest opioid-related death rates in Canada.
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