I've spoken to some of the officials in the minister's office and explained the tragedy that occurred in implementing indigenous policing in the past and how it was basically set up to fail through chronic underfunding, a lack of civilian oversight and a lack of measurable evaluative outcomes.
If it is required to be designated an essential service, they must have the financial resources, the governance and the inclusiveness to make it a real success. Unless those things are built in to what is an essential service, I worry that it will be doomed to the same fate as past policing strategies.