Public Safety committee  That's a huge question. It's an excellent question. I think, definitely, specialized training is probably in the cards for the future. I mean, let's be realistic about things. We have to make a huge change here in this country. We have to start providing services that our commun

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that question. It's a great question. It's one that I've been asked a number of times. I believe that the first nation policing model is a model that can be adapted for different situations. Do I think that it's a stand-alone model necessarily in large urban areas

Public Safety committee  I think that first nation policing is one of the most accountable services out there. We have to be accountable to our community every single day. We have civilian oversight already. Here in Kahnawake, we've had civilian oversight for decades. The province is just coming online n

Public Safety committee  I feel that way because it seems like oftentimes we're treated as second-class citizens in the policing realm. There's not a lot of training that's necessarily available for first nation police departments. There's not a lot of advance training that's out there. For example, in

Public Safety committee  I believe that we have to make changes. I mentioned before, I think, that first nation communities should have their own first nation police service providing services to the community. Having said that, our model is not perfect and we need to make adjustments. I believe that ev

Public Safety committee  What I can say is that we do have some best practices, if you'd like to discuss them. Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I don't think I'll need the entire two minutes, only because I think that two minutes doesn't do it justice. I think it's probably better for me to submit something about the best practices and the way we go about our models. Each first nation community is unique, and each firs

Public Safety committee  Yes. Just based on your question, I think that relations between first nation police services and the Sûreté du Québec are going quite well. It's been an evolution. It wasn't always that way. We had to work really hard to get to where we are. With first nation communities, there'

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Dwayne Zacharie. I'm the president of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association. I'm also chief peacekeeper of the Kahnawake Peacekeepers, just outside of Montreal, on the south shore. I'd like to start by recognizing the te