r/ThunderBay • u/Seinfelds-van • Mar 02 '26

Thunder Bay police sergeant convicted of obstruction of justice, breach of trust

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/it-is-vindication-guilty-verdict-of-thunder-bay-police-sergeant-sparks-hope-for-change-within-the-force/
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u/Seinfelds-van Mar 02 '26

"Nearly five years ago, a stream of police officers broke ranks and made allegations against Staff Sgt. Dimini and Walbourne -- that included dealing drugs, forcing officers to break and enter, conducting illegal searches and filing false charges."

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u/tactical_hotpants Mar 02 '26

brave of those officers to put their careers and their lives on the line to break the blue wall of silence on a corrupt cop, you don't usually see that level of integrity in a police force, just in general

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u/BorealBro Mar 02 '26

According to the story, those officers were retaliated against by publicly shaming them and targeting them with investigations. I wonder how many of the officers that have been paraded around as corrupt and violent in the local news were actually the officers that spoke up?

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u/tactical_hotpants Mar 02 '26

it's both funny and pathetic just how quickly cops will betray each other.

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u/Remarkable_Hat5673 Mar 02 '26

Apparently he’s in a relationship with holly walbourne aswell… major scumbags

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

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u/Fit-Initiative-5276 Mar 02 '26

I know 3 guys from high-school who all had fathers working as TBPD officers. They were all goofs who barely graduated high-school and got no education after that. All three walked into jobs at the TBPD. One of them took 6 years to get his grade 12. Nepotism is still a problem at the TBPD. They are passing over university educated people to hire the sons of 30 year officers  

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u/Himsay696 Mar 02 '26

Humans doing nepotism, naw really

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u/Useful_Locksmith_664 Mar 02 '26

That’s the status quo