Corporal Robert Drapeau comes to Northern Tutchone town as new sheriff.
An RCMP officer is returning to his home community in central Yukon to lead the detachment. Corporal Robert Drapeau has been assigned to Mayo.
Drapeau grew up in Mayo and is a member of the Selkirk First Nation. He joined the RCMP in 2006 and spent the first part of his career in Alberta.
He returned to the Yukon in 2014 serving in Faro and his current posting in Mayo.
The RCMP says in a press release that having grown up in Mayo, Drapeau knows many of the residents on a personal level and has a deep understanding of what the RCMP and community can do to work through challenges and strengthen relationships.

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