Nunavik Police Service

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Nunavik Police Service Service de police du Nunavik (French) ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐳᓖᓰᑦ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᔨᖏᑦ (Inuktitut)
Common name	Nunavik Police
Abbreviation	NPS
Motto	Serve and protect
Agency overview
Formed	April 1, 1995
Preceding agency	Kativik Regional Police Force
Annual budget	$28.3 million (2020)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Canada
Operational structure
Headquarters	Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
Sworn members	96
Agency executive	Jean-Pierre Larose, Chief of Police
Facilities
Detachments	14[1]
Website
www.nunavikpolice.ca/en/

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.