Nunavik Police Service

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[1]
Website
www.nunavikpolice.ca/en/ Edit this at Wikidata

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.[2]

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.

  1. ^ KRG. "KRG - Policing". www.krg.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  2. ^ KRPF. "Nunavik Police Service: A New Name, a New Vision on the Eve of 25th Anniversary". Home. Retrieved 2021-09-30.