Thompson Detachment

Contact Information:
122 Selkirk Ave.
Thompson, MB
R8N 0M9
Ph: (204) 677-6909
Fax: (204) 677-6947

Location:
Thompson Manitoba is situated 750 km North of Winnipeg. It is often referred to as the “Hub of the North” acting as a service center to Northern Manitoba. The RCMP Detachment is situated in the center of the city.

Local Population:
Approximately 15,000 people.

RCMP Detachment:
Thompson Detachment provides policing services under both the Municipal Policing Service Agreement (MPSA) and the Provincial Policing Service Agreement (PPSA). The amalgamated detachment has a combined membership of 47 regular members and 12 municipal and public service employees. The numbers of regular members per rank are one Inspector, one Staff Sergent, one sergent, six corporals, and 38 constables, including two Aboriginal Community Constables. The different policing duties include municipal, rural, general investigation, traffic, and police-community relations.

The Rural complement are responsible for policing the five outlying communities as noted below:

• Split Lake (Tataskweyak Cree Nation) is a First Nation community of approximately 2000 people, located along PTH 280, one hundred and fifty kilometers to the northeast of Thompson.
• York Factory First Nation is a community of approximately 250 people, located 45 kilometers south of Split Lake.
• Tadoule Lake (Sayisi Dene First Nation) is a community of 325 people located 350 kilometers north of Thompson.
• Pikwitonei is a community of 200 people located 50 kilometers southeast of Thompson.
• Thicket Portage is a community of approximately 250 people located south of Thompson.

Community-based problem solving:

Often, there are groups already in place to deal with ongoing concerns or community projects. The following details what community challenges are being addressed by the members of the RCMP in partnership with their community. The major working groups include:

Youth at Risk North (YARN): This is a multi inter agency working group of various community stakeholders to provide timely services to youth who are at risk in the community.

StreetReach North: Street Reach North has been developed through joint partnership of the local Thompson Boys and Girls Club, Child Protection Branch and the Thompson RCMP. This is believed to be one of the first initiatives having RCMP and Social Services working together to have hands on intervention with high risk victims who have been reported missing to the police.

Sexual Exploitation Advisory Team (SEAT): SEAT is an awareness group that is made up of members from the RCMP, local Boys and Girls club, School Board of Mystery Lake, as well as Macdonald Youth services. The committee discusses potential awareness strategies as well as preventative means for sexual exploitation of youth. This committee meets monthly to discuss these strategies.

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Restorative and alternative justice:

Nationwide, members of the RCMP are involved in alternative justice processes, whether it is volunteering as facilitators or sitting on steering committees. Each community may embrace a different form of restorative justice, be it community justice forums, circle sentencing or mediation.

Crime prevention:

Members of the RCMP are involved with a number of programs designed to prevent crime in our communities through both indirect and direct intervention. From school talks to youth initiatives to community safety plans, the goal of crime prevention programs is to target the roots of potential criminal and social problems. Members of the RCMP are involved in the following initiatives:

Northern Circle of Youth & Boys and Girls Club: Two separate youth initiatives where members are involved, and are seated on the executive committees. These clubs motivate youth, and encourage learning through various formats. A new youth centre was created and requested RCMP to sit on the executive committee to assist in fundraising and address security issues. This centre is currently up and running and offers many programs and educational opportunities for youth.

Other Crime Prevention Programs include:

• Citizens on Patrol (COP)
• Auxiliary Constable
• Crime Stoppers
• Street Reach Program
• Thompson Ambassadors

Police-community relations:

Without a solid base upon which to work, the police cannot hope to build the necessary partnerships with the community to prevent crime and to solve community problems. Members of the RCMP strive daily to build those bridges by appreciating the needs of the communities in which they work and live. Their commitment to the community goes beyond simple participation as residents, but also as active members of the community. Members of the RCMP are involved in several community initiatives.

Quality service through strategic partnerships:

The community also benefits directly and indirectly from strategic partnerships that the RCMP forms with other law enforcement and governmental agencies as well as with as with other community groups. Several unique associations have been formed:

• City of Thompson - Public Safety Committee
• School District of Mystery Lake
• RD Parker Collegiate
• Eastwood, Juniper, Burntwood, Deerwood, Westwood and Riverside Elementary Schools
• Probation Services - Parole Board
• Boys & Girls Club of Thompson (Street Reach)
• Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre
• Burntwood Health Association
• Thompson Fire and Emergency Services
• Child Protection Services
• Youth at Risk North
• Manitoba Mental Health (homeless shelter)