The Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord (
French
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for ''Rivière-du-Nord Intermunicipal Police Board'') was the shared police service of three (originally four) municipalities in
Quebec's
Laurentians:
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Saint-Hippolyte
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Piedmont
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Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs
Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs is a municipality in the regional county municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut in Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative region of Laurentides. The municipality was founded in 1946 and was assigned the municipal numbe ...
Prévost was originally part of the police service, but left it on April 1, 2004, however the police service's headquarters remained in
Prévost.
In May 2009 plans were revealed to close the service and turn policing of the remaining three municipalities over to the
Sûreté du Québec.
On October 23, 2009 the Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord's policing operations ended at 1 minute past midnight. All the Régie's police officers transferred to the Sûreté du Québec, divided between a station serving the
Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality in Saint-Sauveur and the station serving the
La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality regional county municipality, formerly located in
Saint-Jérôme but now in the former Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord building in Prévost.
References
Law enforcement agencies of Quebec
Laurentides
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