The International Association of Chiefs of Police have given the RCMP Thompson Detachment an award for their work with Project Northern Doorway.

Officer in Charge, Will Tewnion says he’s honored, but adds the award is the community’s: 

"I basically submitted a package to the International Association of Chiefs of Police to their community policing committee, in consideration of all the great work by all the stakeholders in the community for project northern doorway, and police of course are just one of those stakeholders. I was pleased to see that they picked the Thompson initiative as the number 1 choice for populations under 20,000 for the international award". 

Project Northern Doorway is a multi-agency partnership to help homeless get off the streets and into housing, using the housing first model.

Tewnion says he is in the process of identifying a constable who will go to Chicago in October to accept the award.

The IACP Community Policing Awards competition honors those departments worldwide that have prevented and decreased crime by forging partnerships with their communities. The award, now in its 18th year, recognizes outstanding community policing initiatives by law enforcement agencies worldwide