Additional funding announced for Indigenous Policing
The federal government is following up on its promise to bolster the First Nations Policing Program.
On Jan. 10 from Winnipeg, Minister for Public Safety Ralph Goodale announced an additional $291.2 million in funds to improve community policing served under the First Nations Policing Program.
According to representatives from the Ministry for Public Safety, the funding is to be used for new hires, improved salaries, additional or renewed training to improve officer safety and new equipment. The funds are not for expansion of the First Nations Policing Program.
“The First Nations Policing program is a crucial service that protects the safety of Indigenous Peoples through culturally relevant policing,” Goodale said in a press release.