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Title:
Southern Chiefs' Organization (SCO) Regional Police Service Feasibility Study
Agreement Number:
23227
Agreement Value:
$1,764,620.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
The Southern Chiefs' Organization Inc. seeks to establish self-administered police options for the Member Nations it represents. The feasibility study will support the development of self-administered regional indigenous police options that will seek to better serve their communities.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:

This agreement allocates funding to explore self-administered policing options in support of Southern Chiefs’ Organization Inc (SCO) Member Nations throughout Manitoba.

  • The SCO is done in collaboration, and with continuous engagement with the Member Nations it intends to serve. It works to ensure that each community’s needs are met as it relates to their environment, culture, and beliefs.

  • The SCO feasibility study has the overarching objective of developing a professional, dedicated, and culturally responsive policing options for the communities represented by SCO that wish to be served by the proposed policing options.

  • Should the feasibility study be successful in the creation of self-administered policing options, the long-term objective of this agreement is that communities involved will receive dedicated policing options to ensure members of the communities being served feel safe.

Location:
Headingley, Manitoba, CA R4H 0B7
Reference Number:
088-2024-2025-Q4-00237
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Additional Information:

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the agreement date to March 31, 2026, there is no change in Public Safety Canada funding.

Amendment Date
Mar 27, 2025
Recipient's Operating Name:
Southern Chiefs' Organization Inc.
Recipient's Legal Name:
Southern Chiefs' Organization 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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