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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS LOCAL - Conflict resolution training. Portrait of Insp. Bonnie Emerson, taken in the media room at Winnipeg Police Service headquarters, for story on being selected one of 22 people from around the world to go to Thailand to participate in a three-month training course in conflict resolution. She will take part in intense training at Chulalongkorn University, including active hands-on training in a conflict zone and in a post-conflict zone. She will be using her time there to focus on WPS/Indigenous relations and when she returns will be sharing and implementing new ideas and strategies within the WPS in the coming year to strengthen their relationship with the Indigenous community. The course is sponsored by Rotary International. Bonnie Emerson is Metis and is a 25 year veteran to WPS. Ashley Prest story. Jan 9h, 2019