FSIN issues its own Amber Alert for missing Dawn Walker, her son
Police officers found Walker’s red Ford F150 at the Chief Whitecap Park south of Saskatoon. They also discovered personal and recreational items, Saskatoon Police Service deputy chief Randy Huisman said.A passerby found Walker’s purse on Saturday morning and turned it into RCMP, Huisman said.
Saskatoon police officers and the RCMP are conducting searches by land and water to find the missing pair. Police officers didn’t issue an Amber Alert because they didn’t believe Walker and Jansen’s disappearance met requirements for the measure. Criteria typically involves the suspected abduction of a minor, Huisman said.Cameron said FSIN issued its own Amber Alert via media and social media because “ know that wasn’t the official system, but it’s our official system.”
Treaty Commissioner of Saskatchewan Mary Culbertson told reporters it fell to Indigenous organizations to take those measures because other channels are unresponsive. “When it comes to systems for our people, we always have to be on alert to protect ourselves, our women our kids. Nobody is going to go out of their way to do it for us so we have to do it ourselves,” she said.“The provincial system and government system doesn’t work for us. It never did. It’s not meant for us,” she said.Article content