Fisher River Cree Nation switching from RCMP to First Nations police

A new police service will take over in Fisher River Cree Nation on Friday.

A ceremony will be held that morning to celebrate the start of the Manitoba First Nations Police Service patrolling the community. It is being policed by the RCMP until 8 a.m. that day.

MFNPS Chief Jason Colon and band council members will be at the ceremony, along with representatives of the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Police Commission and of the federal and provincial governments.

Fisher River Cree Nation will become the 12th First Nation community under MFNPS jurisdiction. The Interlake community is about a 20-minute drive northeast of Peguis First Nation.