Chief’s Message Volume 6—Issue 27 September 2016 DAKOTA OJIBWAY POLICE SERVICE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Message from the Chief of Police 1 Members in your Community 2 Eagle Staff—Pow Wow Trail 2 Crime Prevention Feature 2 Summer Students 3 MFNPA gift to Cst. McArthur 3 Halloween Safety Tips 4 MFNPA 4 Become a Guard 4 Editorial Note 4 VISION STATEMENT “Safe communities, protected, served with honour and respect.” Inside this issue: Page 1 MISSION STATEMENT To serve and protect our Indigenous People. Uphold the highest standards of professionalism, while honouring our customs and traditions. This last quarter has been busy for all of our members and support staff. Over the summer, our members investigated a couple of major incidents that taxed our resources to their capacity. In spite of the long investigative hours and operating only on a few hours’ sleep, the level of professionalism and high level of commitment by Dakota Ojibway Police Service (DOPS) members and support staff was beyond reproach. DOPS is a small service and it takes a high level of commitment by our employees to bring a major incident to a successful conclusion. Employees must put their personal lives on hold to ensure the job gets done. It is ever so important that everyone pulls together in the interests of our people and communities that we are honored to serve, while these incidents had a horrific conclusion, by completing an investigation quickly and completely, it allows for a timely closure and comfort for family members of the victim. For employees unwavering dedication to public service, we thank them. Notwithstanding, we would like to extend to our thanks and gratitude to Manitoba’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police Major/Serious Crime personnel and Forensic Identification Sections for the assistance they provided. On another note, DOPS management team has been working with the leadership of Swan Lake First Nation and with both levels of government to become Swan Lake official police service provider on April 1, 2017, dialogue is ongoing to bring this to fruition. In addition, DOPS management has engaged the Federal Government several times over the course of the summer in their consultations occurring across the country on the renewal of the First Nation Policing Program. DOPS has been very vocal in ensuring that funding becomes legislative and statutory to allow for the provision of adequate funding to ensure future sustainability, growth and expansion of our Police Service within the Province of Manitoba. More importantly to ensure that our First Nation Communities get Fair Market Rent for the infrastructure (Detachments) they provide to allow our employees to work out of in their communities. DOPS is continuing to meet the objectives and initiatives set-out in our Strategic Plan early in the year by our Council of Chiefs. Our Members are undergoing training and professional development to ensure that the tough issues facing our communities are proactively addressed as we move forward into the second half of this fiscal year. With our youth having returned to another school year, we ask all motorists to use caution when driving near our school zones. The safety of our children is important and extreme care should be taken when in a school zone, youth tend become excited to get back in into the swing of things and lean towards taking risk when crossing the roadways. Meegwetch – Wopida H.C. (Conrad) DeLaronde, M.O.M. Chief of Police Dakota Ojibway Police Service www.dops.org DOPS Eagle Staff on the Pow Wow Trail
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Chief’s Message
Volume 6—Issue 27
September 2016
DAKOTA OJIBWAY POLICE SERVICE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
Message from the
Chief of Police
1
Members in your Community 2
Eagle Staff—Pow Wow Trail 2
Crime Prevention Feature 2
Summer Students 3
MFNPA gift to Cst. McArthur 3
Halloween Safety Tips 4
MFNPA 4
Become a Guard 4
Editorial Note 4
VISION STATEMENT
“Safe communities,
protected, served with
honour and respect.”
Inside this issue:
Page 1
MISSION
STATEMENT
To serve and protect our
Indigenous People.
Uphold the highest
standards
of professionalism, while
honouring our customs
and traditions.
This last quarter has been busy for all of our
members and support staff. Over the summer,
our members investigated a couple of major
incidents that taxed our resources to their
capacity. In spite of the long investigative hours
and operating only on a few hours’ sleep, the
level of professionalism and high level of
commitment by Dakota Ojibway Police Service
(DOPS) members and support staff was beyond
reproach. DOPS is a small service and it takes a
high level of commitment by our employees to
bring a major incident to a successful
conclusion. Employees must put their personal
lives on hold to ensure the job gets done. It is ever so important that everyone pulls
together in the interests of our people and communities that we are honored to serve,
while these incidents had a horrific conclusion, by completing an investigation quickly and
completely, it allows for a timely closure and comfort for family members of the victim. For
employees unwavering dedication to public service, we thank them. Notwithstanding, we
would like to extend to our thanks and gratitude to Manitoba’s Royal Canadian Mounted
Police Major/Serious Crime personnel and Forensic Identification Sections for the
assistance they provided.
On another note, DOPS management team has been working with the leadership of Swan
Lake First Nation and with both levels of government to become Swan Lake official police
service provider on April 1, 2017, dialogue is ongoing to bring this to fruition.
In addition, DOPS management has engaged the Federal Government several times over
the course of the summer in their consultations occurring across the country on the
renewal of the First Nation Policing Program. DOPS has been very vocal in ensuring that
funding becomes legislative and statutory to allow for the provision of adequate funding to
ensure future sustainability, growth and expansion of our Police Service within the Province
of Manitoba. More importantly to ensure that our First Nation Communities get Fair Market
Rent for the infrastructure (Detachments) they provide to allow our employees to work out
of in their communities.
DOPS is continuing to meet the objectives and initiatives set-out in our Strategic Plan early
in the year by our Council of Chiefs. Our Members are undergoing training and professional
development to ensure that the tough issues facing our communities are proactively
addressed as we move forward into the second half of this fiscal year.
With our youth having returned to another school year, we ask all motorists to use caution
when driving near our school zones. The safety of our children is important and extreme
care should be taken when in a school zone, youth tend become excited to get back in into
the swing of things and lean towards taking risk when crossing the roadways.
Meegwetch – Wopida
H.C. (Conrad) DeLaronde, M.O.M.
Chief of Police
Dakota Ojibway Police Service
www.dops.org
DOPS Eagle Staff
on the Pow Wow Trail
DOPS Members in your Community
Page 2
DOPS Eagle Staff on the Pow Wow Trail
DOPS Sandy Bay Detachment with Constable Frank
Kaszas and invited guests from Winnipeg Police Service
Staff Sergeant Andy Golebioski, Constable Dirk
Creighton, Constable Shawn Smith, Cadets Alex Chen,
Nick Swarich, and Chief Lance Roulette at the Sandy Bay
First Nation Traditional Pow Wow on Saturday, August
27, 2016.
Pow Wow Trail (with Elder Norman Mousseau) June 17 – 19 in Lake Manitoba First
Nation, July 1 – 3 at Swan Lake First Nation, July 9 – 10 in Skownan First Nation, July
22 – 24 at Pine Creek First Nation, July 23 – 24 at Rolling River First Nation, Aug. 2 –
4 at Fisher River Cree Nation, Aug. 6 at O-Chak- Ki-Sipi First Nation, Aug. 7 at Broken-
head Ojibway Nation , Aug. 12 – 14 at Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Aug. 16 – 18 at
Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, Aug. 19 – 21 at Ebb and Flow 20th Annual Traditional Pow
Wow, Aug. 26 – 28 at Sandy Bay FN 37th Annual Traditional Pow Wow, Aug. 30 & 31 at
Treaty 1 – 11 Traditional Gathering – Call for Eagle Staffs (Cst. Jordan Starr), Sept. 2 –
5 at O-Bah-Shing Red Lake Nation, MN Pow Wow, Sept. 10 at Opikihiwawin Traditional
Pow Wow, and Sept. 16 – 18 at Long Plain First Nation (Cst. Billy-Jack West). The Ea-
gle staff remains at Headquarters when not on the Pow Wow trail, but you may see it
during the Crime Prevention community visits.
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation
Long Plain First Nation
Cst.Bushie Insp. Genaille
Insp. Saindon Cst. Raflant
Cst. Kaszas
BOLO Cst. Head
Cst. Raflant & Cst. Saindon
DOPS members with Winnipeg Police Service &
Portage RCMP
Cst. West with Chief Meeches at Long Plain
DOPS members with Winnipeg Police Service
Our Crime Prevention Unit was fortunate to be able to hire
three summer students this year. One stationed at Long
Plain Detachment, one at Waywayseecappo Detachment
and one at Portage Headquarters. The students were all
involved in a variety of community activities such as a
DOPS Child ID Clinic, Culture Camp, Basketball
Tournament, DOCFS Children’s Day Camp, Treaty Days,
Health Fairs, Check Stops, MPI Mini Car Town as well as
assisting with administrative tasks and learning firsthand
about the duties of police from our Members.
We now, as a result of the hard work of our students, have
an updated Child ID template that is available for use in all
our communities as well as printed documents on Boat
Safety, Internet Safety, Bike Safety, ATV Safety and Home
Security that will be available to the general public. DOPS
wishes you all success in your studies and in your future
careers!
We are preparing for our youth programs to start in Sandy
Bay and Long Plain. Our youth programs offer structured
and unstructured activities for youth after school. This
provides for fun, educational, cultural and unique
opportunities for your children. It is a positive
environment to get involved in pro-social, recreational and
crime prevention activities once a week.
National Teen Driver Safety Week is October 16 – 22,
2016. This year the public awareness campaign will focus
on young drivers to #GetHomeSafe – by avoiding
distracted driving as well as alcohol and drug impaired
driving. We may have some promotional items to hand
out if you receive a “positive ticket” that you have
demonstrated good driving practices. Remember your
Safe Driving Tips!
CRIME PREVENTION FEATURE
Page 3
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MFNPA presented
Cst. McArthur with this
picture drawn by artist
Peter Prince, in
appreciation for his
service with Mason.
Thank you Steve for
your dedication to
DOPS and Mason.
Cst. McArthur
Summer Students @ Waywayseecappo
Basketball Tournament
Summer Students in Portage
ROK—Recreational
Opportunity for Kids
Waywayseecappo Safety Day
Headquarters Orientation
Sandy Bay Treaty Day-Mini Car Town
Sandy Bay Treaty Day-Mini Car Town Sandy Bay Treaty Day-Mini Car Town
Long Plain—Child I.D. Clinic
Canupawakpa Health Fair
Long Plain—Child I.D. Clinic
DAKOTA OJIBWAY POLICE SERVICE
3rd Floor Rufus Prince Building 5000 Crescent Road West
Editorial Note DOPS Headquarters will be closed on: October 10, 2016—Thanksgiving Day November 8, 2016—Aboriginal Veterans Day November 11, 2016—Remembrance Day December Holidays— Dec. 16, 2016 @ 1630 hrs to January 3, 2017 @ 0830 hrs. (December dates subject to change)
DOPS Headquarters, Staff and Members would like to wish everyone a safe and www.dops.org enjoyable holiday season.
BECOME A GUARD!
Dakota Ojibway Police Service
When applying— applications for Guards/Matrons (casual)
Please forward a letter of interest with resume to:
Dakota Ojibway Police Service
Detachment Location (address listed above)
Applicants must obtain the following:
Criminal Record Check
Child Abuse Registry Check
Minimum age requirement of 18 years.
Wage of $14.50/Hour plus 4% holiday pay
- NEVER eat any treats until they are examined by an adult at your home. - Trick or Treat with friends or with adults. - NEVER go alone. - NEVER enter the house or car of a stranger. - Trick or Treat in the late afternoon or early evening. Times are usually from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., listen to the radio in your neighborhood. - Trick or Treat in your own neighborhood, and visit only houses that you know. - Stay on streets that are well lit and only cross the street at the corners. - NEVER run across the street and always look both ways before crossing. - Do not take short cuts through backyards, alleys, or parks, stay in clear areas. - Carry a flashlight or wear reflective tape so drivers can see you and you can see hazards in the street as well as other people. - Only trick or treat at houses where the porch light is ON and well lit. Lights that are off usually mean they don’t have candy. - Have someone in your group carry a cell in case of an emergency. - Do not play with lighters, matches, or fireworks!
PARENTS & GUARDIANS - Welcome trick-or-treaters with your porch lights and any other lights on. - Patrol your street occasionally to discourage speeding motorists, acts of malicious mischief and crimes against children. - Report any suspicious or criminal activity to your Police Service immediately, call your local detachment! - Candlelit jack-o-lanterns should be kept clear of doorsteps and landings. - Consider using flashlights instead of candles to light jack-o-lanterns. - Keep pets away from doors so children will not become frightened. - Set a time limit for your children to "trick-or-treat” and a planned route for them to take.
- Feed the kids before they go so they will be less likely to eat the treats before they get home. Warn them not to eat anything before you inspect it! (very important)
Exercise extreme caution when driving a vehicle. Be on the alert for excited youngsters, whose vision may be obscured by masks, darting out into traffic. Many accidents occur when motorists are backing vehicles out of driveways. Make absolutely sure there are no small children behind your car. Use caution and adult super-vision to make this Hallowe’en the best ever. Have a fun, safe and Happy Hallowe’en.