PATTISON'S POINT / OPINION

By Ian Pattison

A NEW strategic plan for the Thunder Bay Police Service is careful in its wording, but there is no doubt that it reflects a serious situation in the city that is getting worse fast.

The plan will focus on rebuilding trust, crime prevention and workplace wellness.

Trust in police by the local aboriginal community is proving hard to secure. It’s never been ideal and an explosion in the migrant population from northern reserves has led to an increase in encampments – 80 per cent of homeless are aboriginal – and a strain on many City services.

A series of high-profile – and highly politicized – interactions between police and aboriginals led to provincial inquiries that found systemic racism on the police force. Most people will never know the wh

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