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Ellis told reporters the provincial grants are not an indication that the province has abandoned the idea of a provincial police force.

Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis and St. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron announcing a new grant to explore local policing options

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“The conversations I have had with these communities have inspired them to apply and we are excited to work with them and empower them in true reconciliation.”

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Siksika Chief Ouray Crowfoot confirmed his community had signed “a contribution agreement” with Alberta and Canada on March 31 to “work towards Siksika Nation Police Services.

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In July 2022, Alberta and the Siksika Nation in southern Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding to work towards establishing a self-administered First Nations police service.

PSC did not respond to a request for information about their plans for contract policing by deadline but a previous joint press release from the RCMP and PSC in 2020 said there are “systemic sustainability challenges impacting the whole of the RCMP.”

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“The federal government has signal checked on several different occasions…I don’t mean the RCMP, I am talking about Public Safety Canada (PSC)…has said that they may be looking at stepping away from contract policing,” he said.

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Alberta announced Tuesday it plans to spend $6 million over two years to help Indigenous communities and municipalities study the issue of having their own community police forces.

“Alberta wants to improve public safety through new approaches to local policing,” said Mike Ellis, minister of public safety and emergency services.

Former United Conservative Party premier Jason Kenney established the “new fair deal panel” that studied, among other things, “ending the province’s relationship with the RCMP and creating a provincial police force,” according to a 2019 press release.

“We see our Citizens’ safety as a top priority. We have far too many MMIW, drug related crimes, reduced life expectancy, and other negative statics that are directly correlated with the lack of police/public safety related services,” he said in an emailed statement.

Ellis said four First Nations and one Métis settlement have expressed interest in the grant so far. But he would not identify them by name under questioning from APTN News.

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Ellis told a news conference that Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services has received grant applications from 13 communities that are interested in local policing.