'Native policing is community policing:' A glimpse into Indigenous police services in Alberta
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For Tristan Black Water, watching police officers at work was inspiring. So, once he was ready, he decided to join the services and was sworn in as a constable in 2022.
"Growing up in this community, I know that everybody is talented in their own way. Everybody has something to offer to this world. I love where I'm from," he said.
"For my community to have their own police service, it was always an interesting thing. I knew of police officers and kind of interacted with them and it was always nice to see a First Nations individual in the role of this authority, right?"
Black Water, who's from the Blood Tribe Police Service (BTPS) in Stand Off, Alta., says one of his priorities is to deal with a widespread issue that has affected many residents from the Kainai First Nation community.
"On the reserve, we do have a drug problem. They have everlasting effects on, not only the individual but you know, their family. It's tough to see that," Black Water said.
WATCH | Kainai is the largest First Nations reserve in Canada, but staffing and resources are a constant concern:
"My goal was to go out in the community and pretty much find the people that were selling these illicit drugs."
Black Water and his team worked on securing search warrants and hunted down a large number of drugs and weapons in a bid to keep the community safe.
The BTPS is one of 36 self-administered First Nations or Inuit police forces across the country
This First Person column is the experience of Shannon Flaman, who lives in Red Deer, Alta. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
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