‘That’s a problem’: Nunavik police chiefs address force complaints, staffing issues to KRG

Chief Jean-Pierre Larose, along with deputy chiefs Jean-Francois Morin and Shaun Longstreet took questions and provided some crime statistic updates to the KRG Regional Council, which is meeting in Kuujjuaq this week until Dec. 1. The bureau has announced four different investigations involving Nunavik police this year, two of which involved women who died in custody. Larose suggested to KRG that a representative from the bureau should attend the next regional council meeting and explain its operations. None of the Inuit officers are on patrol; instead they work as training officers and investigators. Larose said he hopes to gain the help of the current Inuit officers, as well as former officers, to recruit people from the communities.