Aboriginal Police in Canada are police forces responsible for public order on First Nations across Canada.
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.
A list of First Nations police forces:
Alberta:
Blood Tribe Police Service - Standoff, Alberta
North Peace Tribal Police Services - Fort Vermilion, 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
Dakota Ojibway Police Service (Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council) - Brandon, Manitoba
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Police Department - The Pas, 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 [1]
Toronto Police Service
Ontario Provincial Police
RCMP
