Sarcee chief warns police

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Sarcee Chief Roy Whitney says Calgary police will be charged with trespassing if they come onto his reserve without permission. He issued the warning after criticizing city police over the June 6 investigation into a suicide on the reserve. "They showed a total lack of respect for our laws and culture," said Whitney. An internal police memo issued July 13 instructed police to stay away from the reserve for their own safety. Whitney said police responded without permission from the reserve or the RCMP after a 21-year-old man shot himself. Reserve policing is the responsibility of the RCMP, the Sarcee band council and two Native constables. Whitney said city police barricaded the shooting scene and refused him entry to comfort a woman who found her grandson dead.