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Welcome to the media hub of FNCPA—your go-to source for official statements, news releases and visual content from the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association. Here, we share updates on key initiatives, Indigenous-led policing perspectives and progress in community safety, so media professionals, community members and partners can stay informed.

Whether you’re looking for downloadable resources, interview opportunities or our most recent announcements, you’ll find it here—all designed to support transparency, accountability and advancement of First Nations policing.

First Nations Chiefs of Police, Call For First Nations Policing To Be Entrenched As An Essential Service

At their Annual General Meeting in Toronto October 17-18, 2017 the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association (FNCPA) unanimously passed a resolution calling on the Government of Canada and its Provincial partners “to entrench First Nations Policing as an essential service,” provide adequate human resources, infrastructure, and operations and maintenance resources, and “sufficient, predictable and sustained funding that meets the unique needs of each department.”

First Nations Chiefs of Police Respond to Federal Announcement To Renew Commitment to First Nations Policing Program

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced that the Federal Government will maintain funding for policing agreements with First Nation and Inuit communities under the First Nations Policing Program (FNPP) for the next five years.