Indigenous police in Canada

Indigenous Police in Canada are police forces responsible for public order on First Nations across Canada.

History

The Canadian federal government created First Nations police forces to provide greater sensitivity to the needs and issues of policing in First Nations communities. Past conflicts, including some resulting in deaths of aboriginal citizens, have created tension between non-aboriginal police forces and aboriginal people. In 1992, the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association (FNCPA) was created to co-ordinate input from other police forces in dealing with aboriginal policing issues.

List of police forces

A list of First Nations police forces:

• Alberta:
  • Blood Tribe Police Service - Standoff, Alberta
  • Lakeshore Regional Police, Driftpile, Alberta
  • Tsuu T'ina Nation Police Service, Tsuu T'ina, Alberta
• British Columbia
  • Stl’atl’imx Tribal Police Service - Lillooet, British Columbia and Mt. Currie, British Columbia
• Manitoba
  • Manitoba First Nations Police - formerly Dakota Ojibway Police Service (Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council) - Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
• New Brunswick
  • Woodstock First Nation Police - Woodstock, New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Nunavut
• Ontario
  • First Nations Police
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec:
  • Cree Police Service, Cree Regional Authority - Montreal, Quebec
  • Eeyou Eenou Police Force Headquarters - Chisasibi, Quebec
    • EEPF Detachment - Eastmain, Quebec
    • EEPF Detachment - Mistissini, Quebec
    • EEPF Detachment - Nemaska, Quebec
    • EEPF Detachment - Ouje-Bougoumou, Quebec
    • EEPF Detachment - Waskaganish, Quebec
    • EEPF Detachment - Waswanipi, Quebec
    • EEPF Detachment - Wemindji, Quebec
    • EEPF Detachment - Whapmagoostui, Quebec
  • Kanesatake Mohawk Police, Kanesatake, Quebec - No longer exists
  • Kativik Regional Police Force - Kuujjuaq, Quebec
  • Long Point Police - Winnieway, Quebec
  • Nasakapi Police Force - Kawachikamach, Quebec
  • Nasakapi Police Force - Kawawachikamach Indian Reserve - Kawachikamach, Quebec
• Saskatchewan
  • File Hill First Nations Police Service - Balcarres, Saskatchewan
• Yukon

City police forces have outreach officers to serve aboriginals living outside the reserves. Most of these officers are aboriginals.

• Greater Sudbury Police Service
• Toronto Police Service
• Ontario Provincial Police
• RCMP

See also

• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Quebec#Aboriginal Combined forces Special Enforcement Unit (A-CFSEU)

References

First Nations Chiefs of Police Association website http://www.fncpa.ca/Membership.html

External links

• Aboriginal Policing Directorate -Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
• The Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission - Manitoba
• UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service
• Policing and Corrections - Aboriginal Canada Portal
• Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
• Blood Tribe Police
• Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council (DOTC) Police Department
• Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Service