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October 20, 2006

Drug-fighting unit wins international award

This week, the police team led by the RCMP, formed to combat organized crime in Quebec’s native communities, accepted the Motorola Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement.

The award recognizes innovative policing programs that serve as models for law enforcement agencies around the world.

The Aboriginal Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit is comprised of members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sûreté du Québec and the Association of First Nations Chiefs of Police.

The Kativik Regional Police Force, under its former chief Brian Jones, was an active member of the unit.

On Monday, the unit received the award during the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Boston, Mass.

Since 2005, the Aboriginal Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit has conducted three major international operations, which led to the arrest of more than 100 people for offences related to gangsterism, drug trafficking and money laundering.

The Motorola award is presented annually to law enforcement agencies and departments in recognition of their dedication to quality of life in local communities. A total of 123 law enforcement agencies from around the world submitted their crime-fighting programs for recognition this year.

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