Proceedings will begin this week looking into the death of Stacy DeBungee.
The 41-year-old Anishinaabe man was found in the McIntyre River in Thunder Bay in October 2015.
An investigation deemed the death non-criminal, but those results came just a day after his body was discovered.
Sergeant Shawn Whipple along with Staff Sergeants Shawn Harrison and Susan Kaucharik face charges of failing to perform their duties according to the act.
Two of the officers are also accused of failing to treat or protect people equally during the case.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) planned in October 2021 to launch their own investigation after a request from the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.
A statement from Detective Inspector Shawn Glassford noted DeBungees’ family, friends, community and the public deserve to know what happened.
DeBungees’ passing was singled out in a 2018 report with claims of how cases involving Indigenous people are handled by police.
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