The Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada () is a
Canadian federal government
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independent,
quasi-judicial
A quasi-judicial body is a non-judicial body which can interpret law. It is an entity such as an arbitration panel or tribunal board, which can be a public administrative agency (not part of the judicial branch of government) but also a contra ...
body, established by the Parliament of Canada in December 1999.
About
The MPCC was created to render the handling of complaints concerning the
Canadian Forces Military Police
The Canadian Forces Military Police (CFMP; French: ) provide police, security and operational support services to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Department of National Defence (Canada), Department of National Defence (DND) worldwide.
Ab ...
more
transparent and
accessible, and to ensure that both complainants and members of the Military Police are dealt with fairly and impartially through investigations, consultations, and public interest investigations and public interest hearings.The Commission does not have the power to discipline. It sets out its findings and recommendations regarding the complaints it has reviewed or investigated in reports sent to the Minister of National Defence (MND), the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal (CFPM).
Examples of the types of matters that the Commission has investigated include the involvement of military police in the mistreatment of detainees in Afghanistan, a situation in which an investigation into an intoxicated military police officer attempting to drive was allegedly covered up by superior officers, and an allegation of abuse and mistreatment during the training of new military recruits that was said to not have been adequately investigated.
Commission Members
* Tammy Tremblay, Chairperson (2023-2028)
* Ron Kuban (2018
-2026)
*
Peter Lambrinakos (2023-2026)
* Bonita Laine Thornton (2018
-2024)
Past Commission Members
The past Chairperson was Hilary McCormack.
Bonita Thornton then served as Interim Chairperson from October 5, 2021 to January 2, 2023.
Other past members have included Michel Séguin, Mark Anthony Ferdinand, and Troy DeSouza.
See also
Canadian Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement*
Independent Police Complaints Commission
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) was a non-departmental public body in England and Wales responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales.
On 8 January 2018, th ...
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Internal affairs
References
External links
Military Police Complaints Commission websiteTo Make a ComplaintPublications of the Military Police Complaints Commission
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1999 establishments in Canada
Canadian Armed Forces
Federal departments and agencies of Canada
Police oversight organizations
Military provosts of Canada
Organizations established in 1999