involving Indigenous, Black, and mentally distressed people. It’s a record achieved in communities frequently in social distress, places where hunting rifles and shotguns are ubiquitous.
In contrast, he said, new RCMP recruits with no such background might find themselves in Nunavut or Yukon confronted with significant language and cultural barriers. For one thing, they are not deemed an essential service, although federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said last month that policing First Nations communities should be. Nor are those in Ontario subject to the provincial Police Services Act, which mandates standards, including for an extensive oversight framework.
Now retired, Terry Armstrong, who spent 22 years with Ontario Provincial Police as well as five years as chief of NAPS, says people would be shocked to find out just how poorly funded First Nations policing has been.Armstrong recounts how a few years ago, in the Hudson Bay community of Fort Severn, Ont., a NAPS officer found himself dealing with a homicide. Besides having to secure three crime scenes and the body, the lone officer had to arrest the suspect and deal with a separate gun call.
The arresting officer left Anderson, 23, in the caged back seat of his Ford 150 police truck for warmth while he went to get help from his off-duty colleague. Alone for 16 minutes, Anderson strangled herself.
That speaks volumes, time for change.
So
And what are the crime rates in those communities? 🤔🤔🤔
Here is the non paywall version. clickbait headline
What's interesting about the native police services is that while at OPC they get away without even going to the classes
That’s nice. What is crime like in these communities? Up, down, stable?
Work force of 6 ?
From the NAPS webpage, “The Service is relatively new, but has grown considerably in the last five years and will continue to do so in the near future. “ Not an accredited Police Service, no accountability requirement, just an arm of the Chief and Council
'Canada’s largest Indigenous police force has never shot anyone dead' How many layers of weasel can we stick in 10 words?
They’ve also never arrested anyone lol
They do a good job for sure. Also a lot of trouble makers get sent on the bus to Thunder Bay...
It’s a fantastic track record of accomplishment by NAPS. But if anyone is suggesting that the NAPS model of policing can be grafted onto big-city departments policing diverse populations/hugely complex socioeconomic problems/organized crime .. they’re oversimplifying.
No the trouble just get sent on the bus to Thunder Bay...
This particular video made me especially aware of this police force... mad respect to the officers serving in this force, the underfunded police and people of northern Ontario deserve better!
How do they handle 911 calls from women experiencing violent assault from their domestic partners? Why don’t they teach their amazingly peaceful methods to police departments everywhere
Shame on our white traditional police.
Have they ever arrested anybody?
You’re comparing a group of people in the middle of nowhere to the .... entire planet of police? K.
AWESOME NOW WE KNO INDIGENOUS 'ROCKS'
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