Stlʼatlʼimx Tribal Police Service

The Stlʼatlʼimx Tribal Police Service (STPS) is the police force for St'at'imc (or Stlʼatlʼimx, /slætˈliːəm/) 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]

Stlʼatlʼimx Tribal Police Service
Uniform shoulder patch of the STPS
Uniform shoulder patch of the STPS
Common nameTribal Police
AbbreviationSTPS
Agency overview
Formed1992
Preceding agencies
  • Tribal Peacekeepers (1988)
  • Stlʼatlʼimx Security (1986)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionBritish Columbia, Canada
Population6,260 approx. (St'at'imc)
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overviewed byStlʼatlʼimx Tribal Police Board
Police Officers9[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
OfficesLillooet, Mount Currie
Website
stlatlimxpolice.ca

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 Stlʼatlʼimx 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 Stlʼatlʼimx Tribal Police had an authorized strength of 9 police officers.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Police Resources BC 2013" (PDF). Government of B.C. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  2. "Administrative Policy" (PDF). Stlʼatlʼimx Tribal Police. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  3. "History". Stlʼatlʼimx Tribal Police Service. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
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