Ontario Provincial Police have charged a former chief of Thunder Bay police as their investigation into the service brings ahead extra counts in opposition to present and former members of the drive.
Sylvie Hauth is third present or former member of the drive charged in latest months
Ontario Provincial Police have charged a former chief of the Thunder Bay Police Service as their investigation into the service brings ahead extra counts in opposition to present and former members of the drive.
Sylvie Hauth has been charged with:
Obstruction of a public officer or peace officer. Breach of belief by a public officer. Obstruction of justice.
Hauth retired in 2023 after a three-decade profession in policing. She introduced her retirement in 2022 on the identical day the Ontario Civilian Police Fee introduced it will maintain hearings into misconduct allegations in opposition to her beneath the Police Companies Act.
Hauth is the third present or onetime member of the Thunder Bay Police Service who’s been charged by OPP in latest months.
Earlier this week, the OPP mentioned it had charged former Thunder Bay police lawyer Holly Walbourne with obstruction and breach of belief offences, and Workers Sgt. Michael Dimini was charged in December with assault, breach of belief and obstruction of justice.
Hauth’s final 12 months on the job was marked by intense scrutiny and stress from a number of instructions. It included:
Hauth has been launched from custody and is scheduled to seem in court docket in Thunder Bay on Could 7, the OPP mentioned, and its investigation stays ongoing.
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