The Anishinabek Police Service ( APS ) is the shared police force for 15 of 40 communities in the Anishinabek Nation (formerly "Union of Ontario Indians") and 1 community in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN).
3-533: Created in 1994, the force has 95 sworn officers and 40 civilian members at 12 detachments serving 16 communities. On March 30, 1992, a five-year Ontario First Nations Policing Agreement was signed by Grand Council of Treaty 3 , Nishnawbe Aski Nation , Association of Iroquois & Allied Indians , Anishinabek Nation , Six Nations and the Provincial and Federal Government. In 1994, Garden River , Curve Lake , Sagamok and Saugeen First Nations stepped away from
6-761: The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to form the Anishinabek Police Service. At this time it was also decided that Garden River would be home to Headquarters because geographically it is situated in the center of the province. North Region Central Region South Region Grand Council of Treaty 3 Grand Council of Treaty 3 (GCT3) is a political organization representing 24 First Nation communities across Treaty 3 areas of northern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba , Canada, and four additional First Nations, specifically in regard to their Treaty rights. The GCT3 operates under
9-587: The mandate in which their direction of the leadership and benefit/protection of the Citizens are carried out by the administrative office of GCT3 to protect, preserve and enhance Treaty and Aboriginal rights. These points are upheld by GCT3 by advancing the exercise of inherent jurisdiction, sovereignty, nation-building, and traditional governance with the aim to preserve and build the Anishinaabe Nation's goal of self-determination. Though signatories to Treaty 3 ,
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