Tribal Police Files

Introducing the Ontario First Nations community of Rama, and one of the most unique Tribal PoliceServices in Canada.

A violent domestic disputeis defused, a gun is drawn for the first time, and a suspect is taken in for harassing his bank manager.

A typical week in Rama involves an escaped llama, a bad mouthing drug dealer and an old man locked out of his own house.

Tribal Police are kept busy assisting a 911call and pursuing dangerous suspects through the woods,along the highway-and from the skies.

Community life may have been simpler before it arrived, but Casino Rama has brought economic stability and growth-as well as some new challenges.

A Rama police officer responding to a call never knows what’s going to happen...

In a First Nations community like Rama, officers learn to take the good with thebad and make sure they maintain a positive connection with children and young people.

A slippery suspect is contained within a police perimeter, but it takes most of theday to flush him out.

A tragic accident, a lake patrol, a drumming group of Intertribal Peace keepers and a determined Real Estate investor–life is never dull for Rama’s Tribal Police

People in distress demand an officer’s immediate assistance, and life-threatening danger is always a possibility for the Tribal Police.

A bomb call results in tragedy, and a Rama police officer urges greater contact between the police and their community.

A lively First Nations Day parade and powwow means the officers of the Tribal Police get to interact and celebrate with their community.