By Cedric Gallant, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 05/06/2024 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. “In the midst of COVID, police bodies in Quebec were all short-staffed,” said Jean-François Morin, deputy chief of operations for the service in a video call interview. The national police school of Quebec had closed its doors temporarily, which affected the arrival of new officers. When it opened again, the school also cut back on the number of graduates. “There were a lot less candidates coming from the schools,” said Morin. And for the students who did graduate, he said, Nunavik was “at the bottom of the list.” At times,…
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