Trapped in lawlessness – Castanet
Trapped in lawlessness: B.C. First Nation’s 20-year fight for an RCMP detachment continues
The remote northwest B.C. First Nation community of Iskut has been lobbying the RCMP and the provincial government for more than 20 years now for its own police detachment but with no luck.
Iskut band chief Marie Quock said the place is now a “lawless community” due to the increased presence of drug dealers, assaults, regular instances of impaired driving and an erratic police presence.
The nearest RCMP detachment is 83 kilometres north in Dease Lake where seven members service the four spread out communities of Dease Lake, Iskut, Telegraph Creek and Good Hope Lake as well as a 600- kilometer long stretch of Hwy37 North.
