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Title:
Manitoba First Nations Police Service
Agreement Number:
3105-23218
Agreement Value:
$41,537,185.05
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
Manitoba First Nations Police Service (MFNPS) currently provides responsive and culturally relevant policing services for Birdtail Sioux, Canupawakpa Dakota, Long Plain/Keeshkeemaquah, Roseau River, Sandy Bay, Swan Lake, Waywayseecappo, Opaskwayak, and Brokenhead. Expansion to provide policing services for Gambler, Dakota Plains and Fisher River is set to occur in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:

Indigenous communities will have access to dedicated and professional policing services; these policing services are responsive to the needs and cultures of the indigenous communities they serve and achieve a reduction of the gap between police reported crime in indigenous communities, and the rest of Canada.

  • The Manitoba First Nations Police Service (MFNPS) provides day-to-day policing services to the communities throughout southern, southwestern, and northern Manitoba identified within this agreement. A First Nation Safety Officer program will begin in the 2025-26 fiscal year in Brokenhead, Fisher River and Long Plain as a complement to MFNPS's policing operations in these communities.
Location:
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, CA R1N 3B7
Reference Number:
088-2024-2025-Q4-00189
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Additional Information:

The purpose of this amendment is to increase the Public Safety Canada funding amount from $27,561,242.44 to $41,537,185.05.

Amendment Date
Feb 26, 2025
Recipient's Operating Name:
Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Inc.
Recipient's Legal Name:
Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Inc.
Program:
(FNIPP) First Nations and Inuit Policing Program
Program Purpose:

To enhance the effectiveness of policing services in First Nation and Inuit communities in terms of cultural relevance and responsiveness to the public safety need of communities.

To support policing services to First Nation and Inuit communities that are professional, dedicated and culturally responsive to the communities they serve.

Amendments:
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