Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Hearing for Sgt. Mauro in October

A Police Service Act hearing for Sgt.Jim Mauro is set to take place in the fall.  He has been charged in connection with allegations that in October of 2009,  during an arbitration hearing,  he provided the arbitrator with a letter of support which appeared to be signed by Keith Hobbs.  At the time Hobbs was the president of the Thunder Bay Police Association.  The misconduct charges allege that Hobbs did not sign the letter.   The hearing will take place starting October 13th at a location yet to be decided.  Mauro is suspended from the city police service until then.