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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service says it is in a unique situation, as many police forces across Ontario say they\u2019re struggling with recruitment. Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner announced a province-wide hiring campaign along with representatives from a number of policing agencies in the province earlier in July. Kerzner called the current situation a \u201ccrisis.\u201d Nishnawbe Aski police became a fully legislated police service in December 2024, meaning it makes NAPS accountable under the same laws as municipal police services in Ontario, and gives it access to regular funding from the province. However, this follows just over 30 years of what the police service calls historic underfunding. \u201cSigning into this act effectively more than doubled our frontline compliment to… <\/p>\n

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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service says it is in a unique situation, as many police forces across Ontario say they\u2019re struggling with recruitment. Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner announced a province-wide hiring campaign along with representatives from a number of policing agencies in the province earlier in July. Kerzner called the current situation a \u201ccrisis.\u201d Nishnawbe Aski police became a fully legislated police service in December 2024, meaning it makes NAPS accountable under the same laws as municipal police services in Ontario, and gives it access to regular funding from the province. However, this follows just over 30 years of what the police service calls historic underfunding. \u201cSigning into this act effectively more than doubled our frontline compliment to... <\/p>\n

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