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Police in Arctic Norway say helicopter now needed for border surveillance

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 16, 2023 at 08:53
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A former commander with the Kremlin-linked Wagner private military company fled across the border to Norway in dramatic circumstances last

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canadian Inuit women’s org says throne speech sent the right signals

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 25, 2020 at 15:30
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Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, an organization that represents Inuit women in Canada, says Wednesday’s throne speech sent the right

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Former officers from Canadian police reflect on how to fix policing in the North

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 at 11:29
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Since the RCMP’s earliest days, it has relied on Indigenous people for survival. In the North, Canada’s project of extending

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Nunavik justice issues “extremely important” to tackle, says Quebec government

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 13:39 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:54
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Tackling longstanding issues in the Nunavik justice system are “extremely important” and are being actively worked on by the government,

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Canada General RCI Science (Canada) Society 

Quebec Inuit org. calls lack of police, justice reform “ticking catastrophe in modern times”

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 17:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:51
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Makivik Corporation, the organization that represents Inuit in the Canadian province of Quebec, is calling for an overhaul to the

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit focus in violence inquiry important for Arctic Canada, conference hears

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 17:09 — Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 12:04
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Canada’s landmark inquiry into violence against Indigenous women was a wake-up call for the nation and continues to have important

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Inadequate shelter services in Arctic Canada imprison Inuit women in cycle of violence: study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 09:52
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The lack of women’s shelters, transition lodging and second-stage housing services is keeping Inuit women trapped in an ongoing cycle

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Report on violence against Indigenous women a ‘wake-up call’ for Canada, says Pauktuutit president

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 3, 2019 at 16:21 — Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 14:35
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The final report on violence against Indigenous woman in Canada should serve as a wake-up call for the country, but 

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
General Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska: Project to arm village officers begins with just 3 making initial cut

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 15:07 — Last Updated: Friday, March 13, 2015 at 20:37
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BETHEL — Just three Alaska village public safety officers passed background checks, a physical fitness test and a psychological evaluation so they

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Shared police cars is part of the plan. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finnish-Swedish police launch cross-border cooperation

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 21:17 — Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 21:39
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Burglars on the run get harder times in the Swedish – Finnish borderland as police forces will be allowed to

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Police in one of Russia's Arctic regions think it will be easier to police the region with reindeer teams than with snowmobiles. (iStock)
General Russia Society Society (Russia) Special Features 

Service reindeer for police in Russia’s Arctic

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 21, 2014 at 16:10 — Last Updated: Monday, November 24, 2014 at 21:32
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Russian authorities are considering establishing a ‘reindeer police force’ to help combat crime in the Yamalo-Nenets tundra region. Police in Yamalo-Nenets

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Society Society (USA) USA 

Police militarization scrutinized in U.S. — including Alaska

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 18:26 — Last Updated: Friday, August 29, 2014 at 21:43
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Images of armored, rifle-toting officers and tear gas canisters dispersing late-night protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, which followed the shooting death

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Compiling 32 years of data, the University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center released a fact sheet last week that shows some notable trends in violent crime arrests across the state. (iStock)
Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Report looks at Alaska’s violent crime trends from 1980 to 2012

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 09:21
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The University of Anchorage Alaska’s Justice Center has compiled 32 years of violent crime arrest data statewide, showing some notable

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A boy rides a four-wheeler through the rural Alaska community of Savoonga on Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Panel blasts ‘colonial model’ of justice in rural Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 16:01
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Members of a Congressionally-created panel that blasted the state’s justice system for Alaska Native villages arrived in Anchorage on Wednesday,

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