Nunavik Police Service

The Nunavik Police Service (NPS; French: Service de police du Nunavik, Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐳᓖᓰᑦ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᔨᖏᑦ) delivers regular policing services in the 14 remote northern villages of the Kativik Region. The headquarters of the NPS are in Kuujjuaq, and detachments operate in each community. The service was formerly called the Kativik Regional Police Force (KRPF) until renamed on February 25, 2021.

Nunavik Police Service
  • Service de police du Nunavik (French)
  • ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐳᓖᓰᑦ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᔨᖏᑦ (Inuktitut)
Common nameNunavik Police
AbbreviationNPS
MottoServe and protect
Agency overview
FormedApril 1, 1995
Preceding agency
  • Kativik Regional Police Force
Annual budget$28.3 million (2020)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionCanada
Operational structure
HeadquartersKuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
Sworn members96
Agency executive
  • Jean-Pierre Larose, Chief of Police
Facilities
Detachments14
Website
www.nunavikpolice.ca/en/

In accordance with the First Nations Policing Program, the governments of Canada and Quebec, respectively, provide 52% and 48% of funding for the NPS under a tripartite agreement with the Kativik Regional Government.

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