First Nations Policing Program: Current Status Canadian Association of Police Governance National Conference – 2018 August 2018

Purpose To provide information on: UNCLASSIFIED To provide information on: Current status of policing in First Nation and Inuit communities through the First Nations Policing Program (FNPP), including: Additional funding for policing in Indigenous communities; The negotiation of police service agreements; and Next steps in the coming months.

Funding for Policing in First Nation and Inuit Communities UNCLASSIFIED Budget 2017 announced $102 million over five years, beginning in 2018-2019, for the FNPP, maintaining funding at 2017-2018 levels. On January 10, 2018, Minister Goodale announced that an additional $189.2 million would be invested over five years, beginning in 2018-2019. This funding includes: $144.4M for officer safety, salaries and equipment (beginning in 2018-2019); $44.8M to support an additional 110 officers positions (beginning in 2019-2020); and Ongoing funding ($175.5M as of 2022-2023), including a 2.75% annual escalator to account for the rising costs of policing.

Negotiation of Agreements UNCLASSIFIED Following bilateral discussions with provinces and territories, Public Safety Canada has begun undertaking trilateral negotiations with provinces and territories and agreement holders. Current negotiations are focused on addressing urgent, known funding gaps in communities currently served under the FNPP. A number of renewed Self-Administered Police Service Agreements and Quadripartite Policing Agreements have already been signed, with additional agreements-in-principle reached. Negotiations for Framework Agreements and associated Community Tripartite Agreements, where the RCMP is the service provider, will begin later in 2018-2019.

Allocation of Additional Officers UNCLASSIFIED With new funding for up to 110 additional police officer positions, this represents an increase of approximately 8% to the current complement of 1,299 officer positions supported under the FNPP. The allocation of additional officer positions will soon be determined through a separate process. Existing agreement holders would be invited to submit applications identifying needs for additional officers, supported by relevant community data (e.g., crime statistics, current officer complement, socio-economic indicators/factors, etc.). The application process is anticipated to open in August 2018 and run through the month of September.

Policing Infrastructure UNCLASSIFIED While the additional funding announced for policing in Indigenous communities supports various key priorities, it is not intended to address policing infrastructure. This was done in order to focus on addressing the most urgent, critical issues (e.g., officer safety and salaries) before undertaking more systemic changes, such as entering into a new line of business. Departmental officials continue to engage with Indigenous Services on accessing funding for policing infrastructure (i.e., police stations). This would support the renovation, remediation and/or replacement of existing policing facilities to be suitable for modern policing needs. Relevant agreements for policing infrastructure would be negotiated through a separate, future process. Any new investments to be made in this area would be cost-shared with provinces and territories at the 52% federal – 48% provincial/territorial cost-share ratio used for the FNPP.

Next Steps UNCLASSIFIED Departmental officials will continue to prioritize negotiations for remaining Self-Administered Police Service Agreements through 2018-2019. Negotiations for Framework Agreements and Community Tripartite Agreements will begin in fall 2018, with the objective of finalizing all agreements in advance of March 31, 2019. The application process to allocate additional officers in 2019-2020 will begin in the coming weeks. A separate allocation process would be considered for 2019-2020 should new funding to support policing infrastructure in First Nation and Inuit Communities become available.

ANNEX A - Current FNPP Footprint First Nations Policing Program: Current Footprint Province Agreements Total Communities Communities Covered Percent Covered Total Population Population Covered Negotiated Officers 2016-2017 Financial Numbers BC 58 198 143 72.2% 62,391 54,423 87.2% 119.5 $ 10,387,441 AB 24 47 28 59.6% 75,324 64,415 85.5% 107 $ 10,152,490 SK 35 70 51 72.9% 73,880 62,966 85.2% 135.5 $ 12,450,840 MB 11 63 50 79.4% 91,902 80,595 87.7% 96.5 $ 9,647,975 ON 12 138 104 75.4% 95,359 87,673 91.9% 429 $ 39,892,371 QC 21 55 42 76.4% 68,532 55,953 81.6% 305 $ 29,294,239 NB 4 15 3 20.0% 9,778 4,992 51.1% 21.5 $ 2,236,084 NS 9 13 8 61.5% 10,336 9,582 92.7% $ 4,106,284 PEI 2 100.0% 626 $ 181,139 NL 5 44.4% 6,016 2,365 39.3% 16 $ 2,605,561 YT 17 70.6% 3,989 3,664 $ 1,208,902 NT 1 32 10 31.3% 18,291 5,632 30.8% $ 264,521 NU 27 0.0% 31,891 $ 0 Total 185 686 457 66.6% 548,315 432,886 78.9% 1299 $ 122,427,847