IT CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THE ONGOING NEED TO ASSUME OUR TRADITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO OUR ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY. GIVEN THAT THE ABORIGINAL POPULATION IN WINNIPEG IS ANYWHERE FROM 60,000 TO 80,000, AND IS HEAVILY CONCENTRATED IN CERTAIN INNER CITY NEIGHBOURHOODS, IT WAS FELT THAT THE COMMUNITY MUST ORGANIZE TO KEEP THE PEACE AND TO ASSIST COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE PATROL, THEN, IS COMMUNITY PEOPLE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE PERSONAL SECURITY IN THE INNER CITY IN A NON-THREATENING, NON-VIOLENT AND SUPPORTIVE WAY. THE PATROL OPERATES OUT OF THE “BEAR CLAN DEN” LOCATED AT 584 SELKIRK AVE.