Gameti, Wrigley RCMP detachments postponed indefinitely – CBC

Oct 28, 2014

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Seven years ago, the RCMP and the territorial government announced they would establish police detachments in the N.W.T. communities of Gameti and Wrigley. A few years later, those plans were put on hold.

Now, it seems, there is no plan.

The original announcement was welcome news at the time.

With no resident police force, Gameti, a community of 300 people about 240 kilometres north of Yellowknife, relies on an officer in Behchoko who flies in to patrol three days a week. Wrigley, pop. 123, gets part-time service from officers in Fort Simpson.

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