Report of the Auditor General of Canada : First Nations policing program - Public Safety Canada

Report of the Auditor General of Canada—Spring 2014 FIRST NATIONS POLICING PROGRAM—PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA Report of the Auditor General of Canada—Spring 20145.22 In our view, the lack of a clear requirement in the agreements for First Nations self-administered policing services to comply with Ontario’s legislative framework is not consistent with the First Nations Policing Policy, and it increases t [...] Report of the Auditor General of Canada—Spring 2014 FIRST NATIONS POLICING PROGRAM—PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA Report of the Auditor General of Canada—Spring 20145.40 In 2010, Public Safety Canada conducted a comprehensive review of the First Nations Policing Program, which found that the provinces did not all share the same understanding of the intent of the Program. [...] Chapter 5 15 FIRST NATIONS POLICING PROGRAM—PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA 16 Chapter 5First Nations are not meaningfully included in negotiations of agreements 5.45 In examining the delivery of the First Nations Policing Program, we looked at two principles of the First Nations Policing Policy that identify the need to include First Nations in the negotiations of agreements. [...] Report of the Auditor General of Canada—Spring 2014 FIRST NATIONS POLICING PROGRAM—PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA Report of the Auditor General of Canada—Spring 20145.70 However, we found that the Department does not measure and report on whether the purpose and principles of the First Nations Policing Policy, and the objectives of the First Nations Policing Program, are being achieved. [...] This includes the need to update the principles of the First Nations Policing Policy, incorporate these principles in the terms and conditions of the First Nations Policing Program, and align the design and the delivery of the Program with the approved Policy principles and the Program’s terms and conditions.