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Public Safety Sécut Ito publique 1+1 Canada Canada ABORIGINAL POLICING 2008, Vol. 2, No. 1 „ UPDATE ON THE INSIDE MEMBERTOU WELCOMES REGIONAL POLICE 2 PROGRAM WARNS TEENS ABOUT DRUG FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT 4 ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER AND HONOURED GUESTS PROVIDE GIFTS FOR THE BLESSING OF A SPIRITUAL RETREAT 6 Canada t- W o ^^^^^^SAFE ABORIGINAL POLICING DIRECTORATE The Aboriginal Policing Directorate forms part of Public Safety Canada. The Directorate works with First Nations communities, provincial/ territorial governments and other law enforcement partners to implement the First Nations Policing Policy and Program. The Policy was developed in 1991 to provide Aboriginal communities with policing arrangements that respect their cultures and ways of life. There are now approximately 400 Aboriginal communities in Canada with dedicated police services employing 1,231 police officers. Some of the services are administered by First Nations communities, while others are managed through the RCIVIP. I ABORIGINAL POLICING DIRECTORATE CONTACTS Director General Operations - Ottawa Operations - Regional Offices Mary Donaghy François deLéséleuc Terry Bedard 613-990-2666 Senior Director B.C. and Yukon A/Regional Manager 1Vlary.Donaghy@ps-sp. gc.ca 613-990-8434 604-666-5308 [email protected] Terry.B [email protected] Policy and Coordination Ray Levesque Manager Harley Crowshoe Annie LeBlanc Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Alberta Regional Manager Director 613-998-3909 403-292-8858 613-991-4762 Ray.Levesque@ps-sp. gc.ca Harley. [email protected] Annie.LeBlanc n ps-sp.gc.ca ShammiSandhu Jim Greyeyes Manager Saskatchewan Regional Manager Ontario, Atlantic and British Columbia 306-975-5129 613-990-8372 Jim:[email protected] [email protected], ca Iris Griffin Manitoba A/Regional Manager 204-983-4426 [email protected] Maryse Picard Quebec Regional Manager 418-840-1828 [email protected] Kathy Magladry , Atlantic Regional Manager 613-991-9348 Kathy.lVlagladry@ps-sp. gc.ca ABORIGINAL POLICING TIl^DA'Il` I) : TABLE OF CONTENTS Feature articles Membertou welcomes regional police . 2 Program warns teens about drug facilitated sexual assault . 4 Assistant Deputy Minister and honoured guests provide gifts for the blessing of a spiritual retreat . 6 Research and evaluation Aboriginal values in policing, law and justice . 8 1 ARZY d^>aEPC/SF^pcC r- r- ,, `^ ^l k^1 :^i L: 4U tir7 I OTTAWA (^i^lT,q^tI4) ^____---nA OPs ABORIGINAl_, IPOLICINy !:J1PD')V1"E - CONTACT The Aboriginal Policing Update is intended to inform Aboriginal Policing Directorate readers of recent devélopments in Aboriginal policing, General e-mail innovative programs, sttccess stories, research and [email protected] fttndiig. For media enquiries only Tel: 613-991-0657 SUBMISSIONS AIRE We encourage readers to contribute articles about their innovative community projects and suçcess stories related to Aboriginal policing. Please contact its to discuss ideas and deadlines for the next issue. ISSN 1200-4537 Publication Mail agreement number: 40063116 1 REGIONAL POLICE Doug MacKenzie, Cape Breton Post On November 3011, 2007, the Membertou Band hosted a formal ceremony at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre to welcome the Cape Breton Regional Police Service as the new policing service provider for the Membertou Band. Under the previous First Nations Policing Program's Community Tripartite Agreement, the RCMP had been the service provider. In June of 2007, the Council voted to change service providers. Discussions took place among the Membertou Band, the Province of Nova Scotia, the Cape Breton Regional Police and the federal government. An agreement was implemented in lUlembertou following the withdrawal of the RCMP in the fall of 2007. Under the previous policing agreement, the federal and provincial funding allowed for three members to police the community. Under the new agreement, with the same amount of funding, a Membertou Division was created with seven members dedicated to the Membertou community. A story from the Cape Breton Post provides highlights. SYDNEY - A new era in community policing "We feel very comfortable and optimistic about kicked off Friday as Membertou welcomed the future of policing in Membertou." the Cape Breton Regional Police Service with a ceremony at the Membertou Trade & Paul's sentiments were echoed by Mayor Convention Centre. John Morgan of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, who said the symbolic importance The newly formed seven-person Membertou of the welcoming was a great sign for the division takes over for the RCMP who handled community which has experienced problems in policing in the First Nations community for the the past. last several years. "In the past there has been a difficult history "It's a very important day for Membertou," there through the Donald Marshall wrongful said Chief Terry Paul. "It's a new police conviction and certainly I think for many service, but it's a service that has been with years we saw some troubled times in terms of us ever since we've been a community. There relationships between the Mi'kmaq community have been a lot of positive things with the Cape and the municipality and its police force. Breton Regional Police and we like how they do things and we've been able to develop a good "What we see today is, I hope, symbolic of relationship with them. the transition from that time to a modern 2 ABORIGINAL POLICING I. 'PI ATE From left, Cons. A.J. MacIsaac, Const, DeIton MacDonald, Cape Breton Regional Police Chief Edgar MacLeod, Membertou Chief Terry Paul, Const. Kenny Routledge, Const. Tamara Christmas and Sgt. Barry Gordon pose at a special ceremony welcoming the Cape Breton Regional Police Service to the community of Membertou, Friday at the Membertou Trade 6( Convention Centre. Gordon will head up the Membertou Division which includes MacIsaac, MacDonald, Routledge, Christmas, as well as Const. Joe Farrell and Const. Mike Abraham. Photo credit: Doug MacKenzie - Cape Breton Post community which values greatly the "We will do an excellent job," said Gordon. multicultural element of our community and "We will work very hard and we'll certainly values all of its people." work with the community to do a report card on ourselves to see where our strong points are and Both Paul and Morgan said they were pleased where our weak points are and work together with the final five-year agreement which was to give the best service that you can possibly negotiated. receive in this country." Sgt. Barry Gordon will head up the Membertou Division and it's a challenge the 33-year veteran is looking forward to. Originally published in the Cape Breton Post in November, 2007. Reprinted with permission of the Cape Breton Post. dmackenzie(à?cbpost.com 3 PROG1RAM WARNS TEENS ABOUT DRUG FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT Report from the Anishinabek Police Service with files from Stacey Musgrove The Anishinabek Police funded by Canada under Service hired a Drug the First Nations Policing Facilitated Sexual Assault Policy and the province (DFSA) researcher in of Ontario on a 52%— September 2007 after it 48% basis respectively, to noticed that more and more provide policing services to of the cases of sexual assault a population of almost 9000 reported to the Service people in 16 communities involved indications that drugs in Ontario. were being used to facilitate the crimes. Stacey Musgrove's job The high school presentation was to gather research and develop focuses on the dangers of presentations on the issue to deliver DFSA, and information including to high school students and adults in the most common drugs used, the First Nation communities. typical DFSA scenario, ways to keep safe, where to seek help if you become The project resulted in the production of a CD a victim and some of the issues that arise in with two PowerPoint presentations complete investigations. While much of the information with lesson plans: one designed to be used in in the adult/parent presentation is similar to the high schools and one for adult audiences. The high school presentation, the focus is on signs program reinforces the concept that teens are to look for that your child may have been the especially vulnerable and must be aware of the victim of a DFSA and how to get help. dangers relating to DFSA. A First Nation specific component in the With Musgrove's help, the Anishinabek Police presentations touches on sexual stereotypes of Service gathered research that clearly identified Aboriginal women, where the stereotypes come there is an increasing danger to young women from, and some general Canadian sexual assault who are becoming victims of drug facilitated statistics versus the Aboriginal sexual assault sexual assault (DFSA).