Quebec provincial police have been supporting the Nunavik Police Service since 2021 to help with staffing shortages. Now, the last provincial police officer has left the region. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)
Provincial officers spent 3 years supporting Nunavik Police Service due to staffing issues
As of June 5, Nunavik Police Service is back to policing independently in Quebec’s northern villages. Sureté du Québec, the provincial police force, provided staffing support to Nunavik starting in March 2021.
Tom Whiteley, left, Lukasi Tukkiapik, David Pearson and Jeffrey Saunders Pearson (lying down in front) pose May 11 with their harvest from a recent hunting trip near Kuujjuaq. The group went on a four-day trek to a secret family location and came back with 71 geese. They handed most of them to people in in the community. (Photo courtesy of David Pearson)