An adjudicator has ruled that three Thunder Bay City police officers will face a disciplinary hearing in the case of Stacy DeBungee.
It is for how they handled the Thunder Bay death of the 41-year-old in 2015.
DeBungee was from Rainy River First Nations.
His body was found in the McIntyre River. Police ruled just hours after the discovery that his death was not suspicious.
According to the DeBungee’s family lawyer, Falconers LLP, adjudicator Lee Ferrier indicated the three officers may be served with Notices of Hearing, which is the first step in instituting disciplinary proceedings under the Police Services Act.
The adjudicator noted that his decision was just one part of a much larger controversy involving policing of Indigenous people in Thunder Bay.
He cited the public importance in seeing serious police misconduct adjudicated.
