Policing Crisis on Kasabonika Lake First Nation

One of Northern Ontario’s largest aboriginal reserves has been forced
to close a main police detachment because it doesn’t meet basic health and
safety requirements.
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy says Kasabonkia
Lake First Nation is facing a `growing policing crisis’
and needs Provincial and Federal help.
Beardy says the jail cells weren’t properly lit, didn’t have adequate
bathroom facilities and weren’t secure.
He says prisoners are now being flown to Sioux Lookout at a cost of
$10,000 per trip.