By Dominique Gené, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Cst. Jerry Patterson has always wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps. His father Allen Patterson served as a police officer with the Kativik Regional Police, now known as the Nunavik Police Service, for seven years. “I spent my entire youth watching my dad be a cop,” Jerry Patterson said. “It inspired me to pursue that path.” Now, Patterson is one of three Inuit officers in the Nunavik Police Service, which is working to increase Inuit recruitment. The number of Inuit officers has remained at three since at least last year, despite the hiring of Patterson in July, due to another Inuk officer who left the service a few months ago and has since taken a position with another police service….
Register
