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    February 10, 2021
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    COMMONS
    THE POLICE #9 – Northern Patrol
    For three decades, much of Northern Ontario has been engaged in an unprecedented experiment in policing. It’s called the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service. And the idea is simple: the old, colonial cops shouldn’t be policing Indigenous territory. Instead, Indigenous people should police themselves.
    Andréa Schmidt
    Managing Editor, Podcasts
    Arshy Mann
    Host & Producer, COMMONS
    Jordan Cornish
    Producer, COMMONS
    Damilola Onime
    Producer, Wag the Doug

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    For three decades, much of Northern Ontario has been engaged in an unprecedented experiment in policing. It’s called the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service. And the idea is simple: the old, colonial cops shouldn’t be policing Indigenous territory. Instead, Indigenous people should police themselves.

    Featured in this episode: Kyle Edwards, Christian Leuprecht

     

    To learn more:

    “Inside the impossible work of Canada’s biggest Indigenous police force” by Kyle Edwards in Maclean’s

    “Force 2.0: Fixing the Governance, Leadership, and Structure of the RCMP” by Christian Leuprecht

    “Memories of a fire” by Mark Blackburn in APTN News

     

    Additional music from Audio Network

     

    This episode is sponsored by Dispatch Coffee, Rotman, Cullen’s Foods, and Manscaped.

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