Quebec

===Law enforcement===
The [[Sûreté du Québec]] is the main police force of Quebec. The Sûreté du Québec can also serve a support and coordination role with other police forces, such as with municipal police forces or with the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP).<ref>{{cite web|title=Loi sur la police, L.R.Q. P-13.1|url=http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/P_13_1/P13_1.html|accessdate=September 27, 2011|publisher=Government of Quebec}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=2008|editor=Gouvernement du Québec|title=Mission, vision, valeurs|url=http://www.suretequebec.gouv.qc.ca/mission-et-services/organisation/mission-vision-valeurs-sq.jsp|accessdate=September 27, 2011|publisher=Sûreté du Québec}}</ref> The RCMP has the power to enforce certain federal laws in Quebec. However, given the existence of the Sûreté du Québec, its role is more limited than in the other provinces.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Béliveau|first1=Pierre|title=Traité général de preuve et de procédure pénales|last2=Vauclair|first2=Martin|year=2010|editor-first=Yvon|editor-last=Blais|edition=17|page=1436|oclc=660143951}}</ref>

Municipal police, such as the [[Service de police de la Ville de Montréal]] and the [[Service de police de la Ville de Québec]], are responsible for law enforcement in their municipalities. The Sûreté du Québec fulfils the role of municipal police in the 1038 municipalities that do not have a municipal police force.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ministère de la Sécurité publique|year=2011|editor=Gouvernement du Québec|title=Sûreté du Québec|url=http://www.securitepublique.gouv.qc.ca/police/police-quebec/services-police/sq.html|accessdate=September 27, 2011|archive-date=March 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314044846/http://www.securitepublique.gouv.qc.ca/police/police-quebec/services-police/sq.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Indigenous communities of Quebec have their own police forces.<ref>{{cite web|date=2011|title=L'État Québécois En Perspective|url=https://cerberus.enap.ca/Observatoire/docs/Etat_quebecois/a-securitepublique.pdf|publisher=Les organismes de la sécurité publique|format=pdf|accessdate=September 12, 2021}}</ref>

For offences against provincial or federal laws in Quebec (including the [[Criminal Code (Canada)|Criminal Code]]), the [[Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions]] is responsible for prosecuting offenders in court through [[Crown attorney]]s. The [[Department of Justice (Canada)|Department of Justice of Canada]] also has the power to prosecute offenders, but only for offences against specific federal laws (ex. selling [[narcotic]]s). Quebec is responsible for operating the [[Ministry of Public Security (Quebec)|prison system]] for sentences of less than two years, and the federal government operates [[Incarceration in Canada|penitentiaries]] for sentences of two years or more.<ref>{{cite web|date=2009|title=Sorties sous surveillance|url=http://www.educaloi.qc.ca/placepublique/dossier75/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807160601/http://www.educaloi.qc.ca/placepublique/dossier75/|archivedate=August 7, 2011|publisher=Éducaloi}}</ref>