First Nations Student Deaths Inquest
A joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students is running Thunder Bay, Ont. All of the students died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in the city, hundreds of kilometres away from their remote First Nations where access to education is limited.
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Hay says police may add 'recently arrived in #tbay ' to list of risk factors for missing people #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/3/2016 3:19:37 PM
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Hay: #tbay police will consider changing use of 'foul play not suspected' in media releases whether inquest recommends it or not #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/3/2016 3:16:47 PM
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Hay says Marvin Pelletier was an Indigenous representative until 2004 on police board, failed to mention yesterday 2/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/3/2016 3:13:14 PM
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Deputy Police Chief Andy Hay clarifying testimony re: Indigenous representation on #tbay police board 1/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/3/2016 3:10:23 PM
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Jury arrives carrying usual clipboards and stack of thick policy policy books given them by police lawyer yesterday #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/3/2016 3:08:33 PM
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Delay in start of #tbinquest Wednesday morning. Deputy Police Chief Andy Hay will face cross-examination when proceedings resume.by Jody Porter via twitter 2/3/2016 2:41:31 PM
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First Nations student deaths inquest: 7 things police want #tbinquest #police #FNPolitics
cbc.ca/1.3431101 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaSiPtOWkAAD2Zg.jpgby Jody Porter via twitter 2/3/2016 12:23:11 PM -
What a contrast in testimony at #tbinquest today. Find all my tweets here: cbc.ca/news/canada/th…by Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 11:48:57 PM
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'We don't want to be talked about when we're not in the room' says @QuinnMeawasige of OFNYPC inclusion at #tbinquest http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaPiuejWkAA0bss.jpg
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#tbinquest adjourned for today. Hay returns for cross examination on Wednesday a.m.by Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:58:29 PM
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Hay says police would like access to an 'information sheet' on each First Nations student used only for missing persons reports #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:57:37 PM
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Hay says a First Nations 'advocate' would be helpful as a liaison for police communications with families #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:52:24 PM
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Hay says police communications w/First Nations families involved in tragedy are 'fraught with missed connections' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:51:24 PM
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Hay says threshold for police to get involved in search for students should be if school officials, student services are looking #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:50:16 PM
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Hay says none of evidence at the #tbinquest was new to #tbay police, 'we followed up all of the tips' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:45:58 PM
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Hay says #tbay police 'really appreciate' work First Nations searchers do it 'runs risk of disturbing evidence' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:44:32 PM
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Hay says now when an Indigenous student goes missing 'based on our experience, it creates a great deal of anxiety' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:40:13 PM
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Hay says after Jethro Anderson's death, police changed assignment process to address 'lag time' in that missing persons case #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:39:08 PM
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Hay says #tbay police policies + procedures have changed as a result of the First Nations deaths being examined at the #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:36:27 PM
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'I think there's a lot of [First Nations kids] who want to be police officers but not necessarily in #tbay ,' Hay says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:33:45 PM
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Hay says approx. 18 officers with #tbay police have self-identified as having Indigenous heritage #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:32:50 PM
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'We're never going to eliminate [alcohol runners], we can only curtail it,' Hay says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:31:25 PM
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Hay says police do 'small stake-outs' to catch runners, but 'if kids want to get it, they're going to find alcohol somewhere' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:30:32 PM
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Hay says #tbay police are 'very alive' to issue of 'runners', 3rd party purchasers buying alcohol for underage drinkers #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:28:15 PM
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#tbay police have an 'executive committee on Aboriginal, diversity issues', evolved out of race-relations committee, Hay says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:23:08 PM
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Hay says on-going discussions abt expanding Aboriginal liaison unit but there are 'resource issues' + other officers do outreach #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:20:00 PM
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Hay says there are 2 officers on the #tbay police Aboriginal Liaison Unit. 'I've never heard anything bad about it,' he says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:18:34 PM
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Hay says there is a police protocol requiring students interviewed on school property be able to call parent, have adult present #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:16:08 PM
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#tbinquest jury given syllabus for 'native awareness' training, other cross-cultural courses available to #tbay police officersby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:11:58 PM
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Hay obviously well prepped for testimony, includes references to power-point presentation from police service lawyer #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:08:59 PM
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Hay says better wording is: no indication in investigation that foul play was involved in death #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:01:43 PM
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Hay says he's uncomfortable with use of phrase 'no foul play suspected', doesn't like use of word suspected #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 9:00:54 PM
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Hay says 'reasonable grounds' = set of facts or circumstances that would lead reasonable person to believe crime committed #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:59:54 PM
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Hay agrees with police service lawyer that there were 'no reasonable grounds' crime committed in any of 7 student deaths #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:59:00 PM
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Hay says other risks: people who disappear under 'questionable circumstances', take regular medication; are cognitively impaired #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:44:20 PM
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Hay says increased risks include children under 12, or between 12 - 15 who are not 'habitual run-aways, people who are suicidal ##tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:42:34 PM
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Hay says police 'resources allocated based on risk-level assessed' for missing persons #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:31:44 PM
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Hay says #tbay police had 18,000 missing persons reports between 2000 -2013 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:28:01 PM
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Hay says there has never been a requirement to wait 24 hours before filing a missing persons report with #tbay police #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:24:01 PM
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Hay says the number of reported missing persons in #tbay is 'quite high compared to other municipalities' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:09:56 PM
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Hay says there may be times when a case is 'having a rest' awaiting further info, but officers can't pick + choose tasks #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:04:03 PM
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Police service lawyer: why not have just 1 or 2 officers assigned to a case like we see on T.V. or in movies. Hay: not realistic #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 8:01:08 PM
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Hay is also a member of the Criminal Intelligence Service of Ont. It 'develops provincial threat assessments', he says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 7:55:53 PM
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Hay says would be 'very important to have Indigenous representation on [police] board..to show their issues are taken seriously' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 7:52:35 PM
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Hay says the last time there was Indigenous representation on police services board was Philip Edwards in early '90s. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 7:50:55 PM