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

2. 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.

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

4. Negotiation of Agreements
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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

5. 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.

6. Policing Infrastructure
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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.

7. Next Steps
UNCLASSIFIED
Departmental officials will continue to prioritize negotiations for remaining Self-Administered Police Service Agreements through
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 will begin in the coming weeks.
A separate allocation process would be considered for should new funding to support policing infrastructure in First Nation and Inuit Communities become available.

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