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Neqotkuk First Nation wants Indigenous-led policing agency after fatal RCMP shooting
The Neqotkuk First Nation closed its RCMP detachment after a fatal shooting and demands Indigenous-led policing amid concerns of systemic racism, following two recent RCMP shootings.
- On Jan. 29, 2026, Neqotkuk First Nation closed its RCMP detachment indefinitely following Bronson Paul's fatal shooting and Chief Ross Perley is seeking support for Indigenous-led policing.
- Chief Ross Perley says the Neqotkuk community is hurting and anxious after Paul's death, alleging the RCMP failed to request help from the First Nation's council, outreach team or tribal security.
- Police say officers responded after an alert about a man with a firearm in a blue Honda, attempted non-lethal conducted energy weapon use, then fired multiple shots as the man carried an edged weapon.
- While oversight reviews proceed, First Nation chiefs across Atlantic Canada have called for an urgent federal meeting, and Perley’s council urged the RCMP commissioner to acknowledge systemic racism.
- The incident is the second in about a week, with Bronson Paul being the second Indigenous man fatally shot by the RCMP following a Jan. 13 killing in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick RCMP said it is continuing to ensure public safety.
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Neqotkuk First Nation wants Indigenous-led policing agency after fatal RCMP shooting
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The Chief of the Neqotkuk First Nation wishes to obtain the support of provincial and federal authorities to create an Aboriginal police service on the reserve, at the...
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