Canadian National Police Federation


 * "CNPF" redirects here; for other uses, see CNPF (disambiguation)

The Canadian National Police Federation (CNPF; French: Fédération nationale canadienne du police, FNCP) is a federated organisation of trade unions representing all serving police officers below executive rank in the Canadian Republic. All civilian law enforcement agencies in Canada, whether operating at the federal, provincial or municipal (local) level have a trade union representing their sworn officers, all of which are affiliated with the CNPF. In addition to providing collective bargaining and other labour action options for its members, federation members from the respective associated union are also responsible for representing police officers when they are being interrogated (as witnesses or suspects) by other officers, such as by police anticorruption units.

Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and Assistant Chief Constables are not permitted to be members of the CNPF, and instead have their own federated union called the Canadian Federation of Police Executives (CFPE); all officers below the rank of Assistant Chief Constable (or equivalent, as some services use slightly different ranking systems) are permitted, and in fact required, to be members of the CNPF. Membership in the CNPF is free-of-charge, with its operations funded primarily by taxes as well as sometimes donations (although corporate donations are illegal).