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‘People are just devastated’: What is happening with Nunavik’s police force? (www.aptnnews.ca)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

So Nunavut has a population of about 14,000 people - 90% who are Inuit - and a police force of 155 officers - 3 who are Inuit.

Make it make sense.

As always, ACAB.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I see all the stats you cited in the article, expect for only 3 of the 155 Nunavik Police Service offers being Inuit. Is there a source that you can share for that? Because that'd be an almost unfathomable difference in terms of Inuit representation in local population versus police...

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    The source is in the link ... the podcast.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Ty. (Edit: Those numbers are shocking !!
    If you click the podcast link and click the info button on the relevant podcast, it says: "Some say part of the problem is that only three of the 155-person force are Inuit." (And undoubtedly says that in the podcast too.))

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