RCMP commander expresses support for First Nations policing
The commander of the Saskatchewan RCMP said she has spoken with Indigenous leaders about a new First Nations police service in the province, and she thinks it’s an outstanding opportunity for the two groups to work together.
“As they move in that direction, we are certainly here to support them,” Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore told Gormley on Friday.
Currently, there’s only one Indigenous police service in the province, the File Hills Police Service. It was launched in 2002 to serve five southern Saskatchewan First Nations.
Following the stabbing deaths of 10 people on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon over the Labour Day long weekend, the possibility of adding more Indigenous police forces to Saskatchewan has been raised repeatedly.