International comparison of indigenous policing models : Étude comparative des modèles de police des Indigènes au Canada, aux États-Unis, en Australie et en Nouvelle-Zélande

Section 35 of the Constitution Act recognizes the “Rights of the Aboriginal (Indigenous) People of Canada,” and provides a definition of Aboriginal peoples of Canada. [...] The report, Indians and the Law, submitted in 1967, made numerous recommendations relating to the improvement of the policing services provided to First Nations communities, including the expansion and improvement of the band constable system. [...] The Task Force focused on the Band Constable Program and the employment of Aboriginal people in a comprehensive policing role, and proposed the expansion and improvement of the Program (DIAND, 1973). [...] Following a joint recommendation by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Solicitor General of Canada, the First Nations policing program was transferred to the Department of the Solicitor General of Canada in 1992 to take advantage of the Department’s policing expertise.2 The Aboriginal Policing Directorate (APD) was created and given responsibility for the implementatio [...] The objective was to obtain the point of view of the residents themselves and to find out what issues were important to this unique segment of the Canadian population and what kinds of programs they felt they needed.