Yukon gov't, First Nations launch safety committee

The Yukon government is teaming up with First Nations, the RCMP and other organizations to create a new community safety committee.

The group's mandate is to expand relationships under the "Sharing Common Ground" initiative, which came from the 2010 review of the Yukon policing. The committee will work to find community-driven solutions to some of the issues identified by the review.

The committee will meet threes time a year. The chairmanship of the committee will rotate every 18 months.The first meeting will be co-chaired by an official from the Department of Justice and the Council of Yukon First Nations'justice manager, Brenda Jackson.

The community safety committee also includes theAssociation of Yukon Communitiesand the Yukon Women's Coalition.

The government made the announcement this morning.