By Austin Evans Writer Six Nations\u2019 Chief of Police says they only have enough funding to hire two-thirds of the officers they need to police the most populated First Nation in Canada. That shortage coupled with officer injuries or illness is forcing Police Chief Darren Montour, a strong advocate of Indigenous Policing, to bring in the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to fill the vacuum. In an interview with Turtle Island News, upon returning from the Assembly of First Nations, he said First Nation policing is getting hit nationwide and no one feels it more than the Six Nations\u2019 police force members. \u201cMost of them have grown up here on the territory itself, so they have an invested interest coming into the job. But that weighs on them mentally, like they… <\/p>\n
By Austin Evans Writer Six Nations\u2019 Chief of Police says they only have enough funding to hire two-thirds of the officers they need to police the most populated First Nation in Canada. That shortage coupled with officer injuries or illness is forcing Police Chief Darren Montour, a strong advocate of Indigenous Policing, to bring in the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to fill the vacuum. In an interview with Turtle Island News, upon returning from the Assembly of First Nations, he said First Nation policing is getting hit nationwide and no one feels it more than the Six Nations\u2019 police force members. \u201cMost of them have grown up here on the territory itself, so they have an invested interest coming into the job. But that weighs on them mentally, like they... <\/p>\n