Canada’s federal police launches recruitment program aimed at Nunavut Inuit
RCMP’s V Division wants Nunavut Inuit to join the police force. The Mounties, Canada’s federal police, have partnered with Makigiaqta
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Lack of village police leads to hiring cops with criminal records in Alaska: Anchorage Daily News
In some parts of Alaska, local governments are so desperate for law enforcement they’ve had to hire people with criminal
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Police force in Northern Quebec faces officer shortage
The Kativik Regional Police Force (KRPF) is facing a staff shortage after losing more than a dozen officers over the
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Canadian eastern Arctic: Inuit values, inmate care, focus of new Nunavut Corrections Act
Nunavut’s new Corrections Act focuses on Inuit participation, mental health for inmates, and creates an independent oversight position for the
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Violence against Indigenous women: paving the way forward for Canada’s Northwest Territories
Jane Weyallon is unequivocal in her assessment of the Canadian government’s colonial relationship with Indigenous women. The president of the
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Will a new policing strategy help fight crime in Alaska’s largest city?
Police in Anchorage, Alaska are trying something new: having officers patrol beats built around community boundaries, rather than covering the
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Inuit family in Arctic Canada suing federal police for killing their son
The family of a man killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) say the Mounties’ failure to invest in
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Amanda Jones takes over as head of federal police in Canada’s eastern Arctic
For the first time, a woman is in charge of the RCMP, Canada’s federal police, in Nunavut. Chief Superintendent Amanda
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Indigenous people flood Quebec’s police watchdog with complaints about misconduct
CBC News has learned that more than half of all allegations of police misconduct brought to Quebec’s Bureau of Independent
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GPS jamming jeopardizing public safety in Arctic Norway
Both police and rescue services in Northern Norway are deeply worried as GPS signals are interrupted. Public safety and life
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Indigenous man launches $600M class-action lawsuit, claiming police mistreatment in Canada’s northern territories
A teen in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), has launched a $600-million, class-action lawsuit against Canada’s federal police, the RCMP, in
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Commission hears about strained relations between Quebec’s Inuit and northern police force
The fractured relationship between Inuit and police in Arctic Quebec is reflected in Johnny Anautak’s tears, anger and disappointment. His
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Alaska reckons with missing data on murdered Indigenous women
Indigenous women and girls are murdered or disappear from American cities in alarming numbers. But no one knows the true
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Canadian government to spend 90 million on police stations in Indigenous communities
The Canadian government will spend nearly $90 million to build and repair police stations in First Nation and Inuit communities.
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Inuk woman sheds light on dramatic impact of poor services in Arctic Quebec
Lucy Kumarluk breaks down when she thinks about her son, his life on the streets in Montreal and the brother
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