New Era for Walpole Island Police

New era for Walpole Island police

The Walpole Island Police Service is breaking from the Ontario Provincial Police and going it alone.

Walpole Island First Nation moving toward self-administered police service

The Walpole Island Police Service says work is underway to transition from its current policing model under the Ontario First Nations Policing Agreement to a fully self-administered, stand-alone police service. In a statement posted to social media Tuesday, Jan. 27, the service said it is working through required background processes as it moves toward becoming the 11th self-administered First Nation police service in Ontario. The current polici…