McGee said that the man tried to steal her cruiser, kicked her, suffocated her, and threatened to kill her.

She told CBC News: “I request a backup, and how long the backup will take, I don’t know.” “It’s like,’Oh yes, we are busy, we are busy,’ so I have to deal with it myself.”

She said that only by biting his forearm could the man let go. When it was time to back up, she had a fractured rib, severely damaged her black eyes and throat, and could not speak for more than a year.

Aboriginal people exodus

Unlike most indigenous RCMP members, McKee was promoted to a commissioned rank and retired as an inspector.

However, data shows that Canada’s National Police Force does not retain indigenous police.

At the request of New Democrat MP Matthew Green from the Hamilton Center, the RCMP reported that in the past three years, 102 members identified as indigenous have left the army.

The document also shows that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police increased the net number of officers identified as “visible minorities” and officers who did not self-identify as visible minorities or aboriginals.

The loss of so many RCMP Aboriginal officials does not surprise Erick Laming, a doctoral student at the Center for Criminology and Social Law at the University of Toronto.

Labot is a member of the Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations, and he spent a lot of time interviewing the aborigines in northern Ontario. He said that the troubled relationship between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Aboriginals has dragged down recruitment and retention.

He said: “If you don’t trust the system, then you don’t want to be a member of it.” “That’s a huge obstacle.”

Ramin said that in addition to the historical activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police involved in Canada’s boarding school system, there have been some high-profile police violence incidents recently, such as arrests. Last year, Athabasca Chipewyan (Athabasca Chipewyan) First Nations President Alan Adam with Chantel Moore was shot and killed The identity of the Teokiyakht ethnic group-makes many indigenous people extremely reluctant to consider engaging in law enforcement work.

He said: “Any incident can re-establish trust in the community, which can be traced back to 20 to 30 years.”

“Prairie N”

Jonathan is another retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer; CBC News did not disclose his identity because he said he was worried that his current job would be affected. He said that racial discrimination began on the day he applied for a job because he was required to undergo a standard background check.

He said: “A member walked into the cell and said,’What did he do?’.” Jonathan said that when the officer was told that he was applying to join the army, the mounted police “opened their eyes and walked out of the room.”

He said he had heard a lot of racist remarks during his police career, including “Members felt humorous about the word “Prairie N”” or “Newfoundland wiped out their rights and got it right.” [Indigenous] population”.

Jonathan and McKee said that they are aware of members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who have left the force to join the Aboriginal police department in recent years. This is a more inclusive and generally more profitable job.

McGee said: “I’m a bit trapped inside.” She added that she “plans to go to another police force”, but since she is a single mother caring for two children, she feels she must stick to the RCMP.

A kind 60s Diaozi Mike Basic said that she spent years with colleagues and they never wanted to hear her talk about boarding school, who called her an uneducated person or slapped her with racist insults.

She said to fellow Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers: “It’s hard for us.” “But we are a bit snowing…We are trying to make it easier for those behind us.”

The data provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police portrays a police force struggling to connect with indigenous and minority communities.

In the 2020-21 fiscal year, only 337 Aboriginal applicants tried to join the RCMP, and only 17 were selected to participate in the training at the warehouse branch of the force-a 50% decrease compared to 2019-20.

At the same time, only 4.3% of visible minority applicants met the Depot training threshold, and nearly one-fifth of the 1,540 applicants who did not self-identify as visible minorities or indigenous people were approved to start training.

NDP New Democratic Party member Green, who asked for these numbers, said: “What we see is that people actually trying to get jobs in the federal public sector like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their ability to actually be admitted to the police training academy Completely out of touch between.”

“What I want is to apply the equity policy to all federal positions.”

“There may actually be some systemic issues”

For months, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been talking about how to develop a new equity, diversification and inclusion strategy, although it has not been publicly disclosed. Beyond a few paragraphs on their website.

The cavalry are also drafting New entrance exam For potential recruits.

Nadine Huggins, Executive Director of Human Resources Policy, Strategy and Planning of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said that most of the officers who leave their posts have left in a satisfactory career, but she does not have a specific breakdown or reason to explain. Why is the turnover rate of Indigenous members higher than they are used for other groups of people.

She said: “Actually, if they were to leave the RCMP to go to the Aboriginal police force, then it would not be a terrible thing for them to leave the expertise they have accumulated through training and experience gained in the RCMP. Matter.”

Hawkins admitted that “there may actually be some systemic problems” that hinder the entry of indigenous and minority groups. She said: “We must hand over a lot of stones.”

However, she also said that the troop only “voluntarily” withdrew from the interview process for outgoing members. “We don’t necessarily have any systematic method to study them.”

Although it hopes to increase the total number of Indigenous applicants and their number in the army, it also has no specific targets or quotas. Huggins said: “Our goal is to attract as many people as possible, promote as many people as possible, and retain as many people as possible so that they can retire and have a complete career and a complete pension.”