By Rosalind Russell – A Manitoulin Island police chief has been appointed to a provincial association.
James Killeen, the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin Police Chief has been appointed as the new President of the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario.
According to the release, in this new role, Chief Killeen will be a unified voice advocating for equitable, sustainable funding for all nine of Ontario’s self-administered Indigenous police services.
He will oversee policing matters on behalf of 85 Indigenous communities while continuing to serve as police chief with the Manitoulin service.
Chief Killeen is proud to work alongside the newly appointed IPCO Vice President, Chief of Police, Jeff Skye of the Anishinabek Police Service, and the reappointed IPCO Secretary/Treasurer, Director of Corporate Services, Kristine Gagne of the Treaty Three Polce Service.
He also extended his thanks to outgoing president, Chief of Police, Darren Montour of the Six Nations Police Service, for his past leadership.
Photo provided by UCCM Police Service
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