 | This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. (June 2022) |
| Nunavik Police Service | |
|---|---|
| Common name | Nunavik Police |
| Abbreviation | NPS |
| Motto | Serve and protect |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | April 1, 1995 |
| Preceding agency |
|
| Annual budget | $28.3 million (2020) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Canada |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada |
| Sworn members | 96 |
| Agency executive |
|
| Facilities | |
| Detachments | 14[1] |
| Website | |
| www | |
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.
- ^ KRG. "KRG - Policing". www.krg.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ^ KRPF. "Nunavik Police Service: A New Name, a New Vision on the Eve of 25th Anniversary". Home. Retrieved 2021-09-30.