Province installs gang enforcement team in Prince George to aid northern district

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The provincial government has set up a new, permanent specialist gang enforcement team working out of Prince George to support northeast B.C. 

In a December 16th press release, B.C.’s Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General announced the establishment of the North District Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (ND-UGET), which would be focused on combatting organized crime activity.

The team is based out of Prince George but will cover northeast B.C., supplementing local law enforcement in managing violence and toxic drugs. 

“Guns and organized crime impact all of us, and our government is working with local, provincial and federal partners to ensure we are taking the right steps to confront this violence head-on,” said Nina Krieger, minister of public safety and solicitor general. 

“This new team will help to keep people and businesses in northern communities safe from the violence of criminal gang activities.”

Following four years of temporary deployment in the region between 2020 and 2024, the announcement makes the team a permanent fixture in the northeast.

From 2020 to 2024, the team was deployed in the region 28 times, and so far in 2025 the team has been deployed nine times, accounting for 26 per cent of its deployments in the province, according to the provincial ministry. 

“A dedicated UGET team in the North District is a proactive investment in long-term public safety,” Manny Mann, assistant commissioner and chief officer, B.C. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-BC), said. 

“It gives CFSEU-BC the ability to respond faster, work more closely with our law enforcement partners and maintain sustained pressure on the violent offenders driving the illicit drug trade in northern communities.”

This announcement comes after there were four shootings reported in Fort St. John in October and November, which the local RCMP linked to alleged gang activity.