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For three decades, much of Northern Ontario has been engaged in an unprecedented experiment in policing. It’s called the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service. And the idea is simple: the old, colonial cops shouldn’t be policing Indigenous territory. Instead, Indigenous people should police themselves. Featured in this episode: Kyle Edwards, Christian Leuprecht To learn more: “Inside the impossible work of Canada's biggest Indigenous police force” by Kyle Edwards in Maclean’s “Force 2.0: Fixing the Governance, Leadership, and Structure of the RCMP” by Christian Leuprecht “Memories of a fire” by Mark Blackburn in APTN News Additional music from Audio Network This episode is sponsored by Dispatch Coffee, Rotman, Cullen’s Foods, and Manscaped. Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.