Defending the Land
Investigates
English - April 15, 2022 21:30 - 23 minutes - 44.7 MBSociety & Culture News Politics investigates indigenous news reports Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Crime and policing are big issues in rural Alberta. The provincial government is looking at ways to improve response times, including a study that will look into the creation of a provincial police force. Alberta has three Indigenous police departments.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in February 2022 that Ottawa’s First Nation Policing Program is discriminatory in its funding.
APTN Investigates explores how a provincial police transition and the recent CHRT ruling could affect two of Alberta’s three Indigenous police departments.