Essential Service: The hidden cost of underfunding Indigenous police services – APTN News
Mar 31, 2025
The headlights from the truck that Anishinabek Police Services [APS] Constable Chris Palmer is driving cut through the shadows in the tree-lined country road ahead.
The silence is broken by the crackle of the police radio coming to life.
Palmer and his partner, Const. Logan Lewis make their way to the southern section of Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg First Nation.
“I like policing my own community,” says Lewis, 29, from the passenger seat. “I do care about what happens here. It’s kind of hard to turn it off when I’m not working.”
