The Nishnawbe Aski Nation is calling for the disbandment of the Thunder Bay Police Service.

A press conference was held this morning and involved the families of Corey Belesky, Jenna Ostberg and MacKenzie Moonias.

All three were found dead in the past year and a half.

Grand Chief of NAN Alvin Fiddler says another police service has to take up investigations into their deaths.

“Today these three families have filed complaints with the Inspector General of Policing of Ontario because of complete and utter failure of the Thunder Bay Police Service to conduct investigations into the deaths of Indigenous peoples,” Fiddler told the news conference in Toronto.

Fiddler says they don’t have any confidence in the Thunder Bay Police investigations.

“We are here to support them and their call for the disbandment of the Thunder Bay Police Service and the appointment of a new police service to investigate these losses.”

Lawyer for the families Julian Falconer points out that a separate investigation called Project Cedar is being carried out into the death of 13 Indigenous people in Thunder Bay.