Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO), Manitoba RCMP, and Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) rolled out a COVID-19 protocol to enhance the safety of First Nation communities. The protocal would assist RCMP officers to enforce local COVID-19 bylaws enacted by First Nation communities in Northern Manitoba and for PPSC to conduct the prosecution of bylaw offences, upon their discretion, committed in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.