MFNPS to move into Brandon headquarters next month

The Manitoba First Nations Police Service office team will move into a new Brandon headquarters at the Waywayseecappo Convention Centre on Feb. 2, after interior work that began in October 2024.

The Manitoba First Nations Police Service is moving its office team into a new Brandon headquarters on Feb. 2. Inspector Darryl Hunter said he and Chief Jason Colon began working at the site on Monday. The headquarters are located within the Waywayseecappo Convention Centre off Highway 10 near the Brandon Municipal Airport. The new location replaces the service's current offices near Portage la Prairie, at the site of a former residential school that is slated to become a museum. Key details: - The office team is scheduled to move in on Feb. 2. - Inspector Darryl Hunter and Chief Jason Colon began working at the Brandon site on Monday. - The headquarters are inside the 25,000-square-foot Waywayseecappo Convention Centre near Brandon Municipal Airport. - Interior construction at the Brandon site began in October 2024 and took almost a year and a half. - Planned facility features include three six-hour holding cells, an armoury, a large evidence room, a second-floor gym, a training centre, several boardrooms, and parking for 64 personnel. Summary: The move is intended to address a shortage of space as the service has added staff and to provide room for continued growth. An event to mark the occasion is planned but a date has not been set.