The RCMP says their police service dog teams are an important part of frontline policing. They search for missing or lost people, track and apprehend criminals, remove illicit drugs from the streets, detect explosives and search for evidence.

Wednesday the RCMP announced the winning names for this year’s 13 puppies born at the Training Centre in 2020.

All the puppy names had to start with the letter “N”:

Nanuq : Hunter Lowe (Rankin Inlet, Nunavut)

Narco : Lucas Beyea (Loon Lake, Saskatchewan) Narley : Avery Moreau (Surrey, British Columbia)

Neeka : Logan Grant (Cornwall, Ontario)

Nelly : Thomas Lafrenire (Gatineau, Quebec)

Nero : Malcolm Costain (Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island)

Newman : Landon MacDougall (Truro, Nova Scotia)

Nina : Aleesha Hanna (Napan, New Brunswick)

Nixon : Gannon Myers (Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador)

Niya : Sabella Nickerson (Bowden, Alberta)

Noah : Jeremiah Olson (Fort McPherson, North West Territories)

Nova : Maddison Cresswell (Carcross, Yukon)

Nytro : Denise Tackaberry (Kelwood, Manitoba)

The 13 winners will each receive a laminated 810-inch photo of the pup they named, a plush dog named Justice and an RCMP water bottle.