The Uashat mak Mani-utenam band council is announcing the construction of a new police and fire station in Mani-utenam this autumn.
The $ 5.5 million investment will allow for increased police presence and reduction in intervention hours in the Innu community, located about fifteen kilometers east of Uashat police station.
In addition to the new police station, the governments of Quebec and Canada are investing $ 750,000 to improve police services in Uashat mak Mani-Utenam. The funds will be used to hire three additional police officers within Uashat-Maliotenam Public Security and to install a computer-assisted emergency call dispatch system.
The City of Sept-les is pleased with this announcement, which will make it possible to have a full-time presence of firefighters east of the city, in the neighborhoods surrounding Mani-utenam.
This announcement follows an agreement reached on March 30 between ITUM, Ottawa and Quebec.
In 2022, an amount of $ 448,846 will be provided for the addition of additional police resources. This recurring value will be indexed by 2.75% annually.
It is necessary to provide the necessary tools to the Indigenous police forces so that they can fully participate in the fight against organized crime and drugs.said the Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs, Ian Lafrenière.
The Minister added that new police resources will make it possible to better fight organized crime.
The amount of $ 300,000 will be used to acquire a computer-assisted emergency call dispatch system. Until now, the police themselves have had to respond to emergency calls on their cell phones. With the new dispatch system, emergency calls can be managed more efficiently and securely.
The establishment of a joint intervention patrol with vulnerable people in Aboriginal communities is also part of the recommendations of the Viens commission, which focuses on relationships between Aboriginal people and certain public services in Quebec.
With information from Djavan Habel-Thurton
Source: Radio-Canada
