CBC has revealed the findings of a new survey on police relations within Regina...

CBC has revealed the findings of a new survey on police relations within Regina. It found that while the majority of people are satisfied with the city’s police force, First Nations and Métis are less likely to trust the police. The University of Regina justice studies department survey shows that of the 504 people randomly surveyed by phone between Aug. 15 and Sept. 1, three-quarters ranked the quality of the Regina Police Service as very good to excellent. Most of those who said they were satisfied with Regina’s police services had little to no contact with the police. “Respondents who had contact with the police tended to have less overall trust and satisfaction with the RPS, or perceived the RPS less favorably than those who did not,” the survey stated. First Nations and Métis respondents were more likely to express distrust in the police and dissatisfaction with the treatment they received at the hands of the police, the survey said. “First Nations and Métis respondents expressed a much lower degree of trust and confidence for all of the five questions asking about issues such as professionalism, integrity and responsiveness to the needs of the respondent’s ethnic group,” according to the report. Aboriginal respondents ranked their overall satisfaction with the police service at 2.14 out of five as compared to the general city ranking of 3.94.