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By Dominique Gen\u00e9, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Cst. Jerry Patterson has always wanted to follow in his father\u2019s 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. \u201cI spent my entire youth watching my dad be a cop,\u201d Jerry Patterson said. \u201cIt inspired me to pursue that path.\u201d 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…. <\/p>\n

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By Dominique Gen\u00e9, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Cst. Jerry Patterson has always wanted to follow in his father\u2019s 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. \u201cI spent my entire youth watching my dad be a cop,\u201d Jerry Patterson said. \u201cIt inspired me to pursue that path.\u201d 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.... <\/p>\n

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