By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 THUNDER BAY \u2013 Eric Gray remembers feeling uncertain about police when he arrived in the city from Sandy Lake First Nation to attend Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School. \u201cComing into Thunder Bay, I was nervous about the police because I have heard all these stories about what they\u2019ve done to First Nations people,\u201d he said. Having a dedicated school resource officer \u201cmakes me feel better about that,\u201d he said after it was announced that the Thunder Bay Police Service has launched a partnership with the school\u2019s operator. DFC, as it\u2019s called, is run by the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council for teens like Gray who come from First Nations where high schools aren\u2019t available. Thursday at the council\u2019s offices on Hewitson Street, the joint… <\/p>\n
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 THUNDER BAY \u2013 Eric Gray remembers feeling uncertain about police when he arrived in the city from Sandy Lake First Nation to attend Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School. \u201cComing into Thunder Bay, I was nervous about the police because I have heard all these stories about what they\u2019ve done to First Nations people,\u201d he said. Having a dedicated school resource officer \u201cmakes me feel better about that,\u201d he said after it was announced that the Thunder Bay Police Service has launched a partnership with the school\u2019s operator. DFC, as it\u2019s called, is run by the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council for teens like Gray who come from First Nations where high schools aren\u2019t available. Thursday at the council\u2019s offices on Hewitson Street, the joint... <\/p>\n