Stl’atl’imx Tribal Police Service

Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Service
Common name Tribal Police
Abbreviation STPS
Agency overview
Formed 1992
Preceding agencies
  • Tribal Peacekeepers (1988)
  • Stl'atl'imx Security (1986)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction British Columbia, Canada
Population 6,260 approx. (St'at'imc)
Constituting instrument
Operational structure
Overviewed by Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Board

Police Officers 9[1]
Elected officer responsible
  • The Honourable Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia
Agency executive
  • Deborah Doss-Cody, Chief Officer
Offices Lillooet, Mount Currie
Website
stlatlimxpolice.ca

The Stl'atl'imx (/slætˈliːəm/) Tribal Police Service (STPS) is the police force for St'at'imc aboriginal peoples of British Columbia. The STPS is the only aboriginal police service in British Columbia. Their officers are appointed as designated provincial constables, and have full police powers on and off-duty throughout the province. They are based in Lillooet and Mount Currie.[2]

Communities served consist of the N'Quatqua (Anderson Lake), Lil'wat (Mount Currie), Samahquam (Baptiste-Smith), Sekw'el'was (Cayoose Creek), Skatin (Skookumchuck), T'it'q'et (Lillooet), Tsalalh (Seton Lake), Ts'kw'aylaxw (Pavilion), Xa'xtsa (Douglas), and Xaxli'p (Fountain).

History

In 1986 the Lillooet first nation band council established a security program where officers patrolled reserves and worked with the RCMP to prevent and prosecute crime. In 1988 the council built on the security program by forming the peacekeepers for the communities of T'itq'et, Tsalalth, and Lil'wat.

By 1992, the Solicitor General of British Columbia and seven Stl'atl'imx communities established a tribal policing project. An agreement with the RCMP formalized a partnership and the RCMP's role as the primary policing authority in the participating communities. In 1999, the BC Police Act was amended to include designated policing agencies. The STPS were re-established under Section 4.1 of the act as a designated policing agency.[3]

Structure

STPS is the only First Nations Administered Police Service (FNAPS) in British Columbia. Modeled on the structure of an independent municipal police department, the department is governed by a police board selected from the communities served. Police officers appointed by the board are either experienced officers or graduates of the Justice Institute of British Columbia, Police Academy.

In 2013, the Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police had an authorized strength of 9 police officers.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Police Resources BC 2013" (PDF). Government of B.C. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Administrative Policy" (PDF). Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  3. ↑ "History". Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Service. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
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