The Treaty Three Police Service is mourning the passing of its first chief of police.
Brian Rupert was instrumental in helping to create the Indigenous police service from 2000 to 2002 and became its first police chief.
He managed the police force from 2002 to 2008 and saw it grow from 35 officers to 68.
He was 76 years old.
Rupert is also the father of the deputy police chief Tricia Rupert.
“Chief Rupert was a trailblazer in Indigenous policing and a respected leader whose efforts laid the foundation for Treaty Three Police Service,” said Cheryl Gervais, Chief of Police of the Treaty 3 Police Service.
“His commitment to public safety and Treaty #3 communities will not be forgotten.”
Flags at all detachments will be flown at half-mast in his honour.
(Photo provided by the Treaty Three Police Service)
