Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS), also occasionally known as the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (without a hyphen) is the police agency for Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). As of July 2020, NAPS has 34 detachments in NAN communities across the territory covered by Treaty 9 and Treaty 5 within Ontario. Roland Morrison was sworn in as chief of police in 2019.
Thunder Bay connections: The Chronicle-Journal; Thunder Bay; Aroland First Nation; Wasaya Airways.
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In Anishinabek News
- May 2014: The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service is funded as a program through government agreements rather than being mandated by legislation. The service lacks funding for permanent infrastructure such as detachments or residences.[1]
- January 2016: The drug unit of this service seized Percocet and other illegal substances intended for Eabametoong First Nation in early January 2016. The authors described the police force as being overworked and underfunded.[2]
- March 2016: The service participated in a career fair at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School to recruit First Nations youth. Sergeant Jackie George represented the organization to explain the benefits and application process for becoming an officer.[3]
- July 2016: Officers of this service voted in favor of a strike mandate in July 2016. The service provides policing to 35 First Nation communities across a region stretching from Thunder Bay to Hudson Bay. As of July 2016, the organization was described as having a funding model that results in inadequate infrastructure and unsafe working conditions for officers.[4]
- June 2018: The service is one of several police forces that provide security for treaty events in Ontario.[5]
References
- ↑ "Lack of Ipperwash follow-up endangers First Nations police: Madahbee", Anishinabek News, 9 May 2014 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "First Nations and addictions – when it hits close to home", Anishinabek News, 26 January 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Career fair helps dispel myths about policing", Anishinabek News, 2 March 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Nishnawbe-Aski Police Officers vote in favour of strike action", Anishinabek News, 15 July 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Robinson Huron Treaty Annuity Day in Nipissing First Nation", Anishinabek News, 15 June 2018 (archived copy; original article).