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assault · 2024-Q4
assault · 2024-Q4
custody_death · 2008-Q1
custody_injury · 2006-Q2
custody_injury · 2006-Q2
custody_death · 2008-Q1
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
custody_death · 2024-Q2
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
The Military Police Complaints Commission decided to conduct a Public Interest Investigation into three related complaints (two interference, one conduct) involving a Canadian Forces Base Military Police Detachment. The complaints allege that MP Detachment leadership attempted to cover up misconduct by an officer found impaired while having care of children in early 2021, pressured investigators to suppress charges, altered investigative file notes without consent, and threatened members who reported the matter to CFNIS. A third related complaint (MPCC-2021-026) concerns alleged interference with a child welfare investigation at the same base in mid-2021, including allegations of retaliation against a complainant via a Unit Disciplinary Investigation for insubordination. The Commission identified systemic concerns regarding the integrity of the SAMPIS records system and ordered a joint Public Interest Investigation into all three complaints.
custody_injury · 2006-Q2
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
A civilian contractor working on a Canadian Forces Base was improperly detained, handcuffed, and placed in an interview room by Military Police members after a CPIC query returned an immigration warrant belonging to a different person. The Military Police Complaints Commission found that the detention lacked reasonable suspicion, that the manner of detention was disproportionate, and that the conduct constituted racial profiling. The CFPM's Office of Professional Standards had originally found the allegations unsubstantiated; following MPCC review, multiple allegations were found supported by the evidence. The MPCC issued twenty recommendations addressing individual conduct and systemic deficiencies in CPIC procedures, racial profiling training, evidence preservation, and supervisory oversight.
custody_injury · 2006-Q2
A complaint was filed with the Military Police Complaints Commission in early 2007 alleging that Canadian Forces Military Police failed to investigate possible detainee abuse in Afghanistan. Three detainees captured in the Kandahar region in early 2006 showed signs of physical injury (contusions, abrasions, and lacerations) upon transfer to Kandahar Airfield, yet Military Police allegedly failed to conduct medical examinations, failed to investigate the cause of the injuries, failed to properly seize and inventory personal effects, and transferred the detainees to Afghan National Police without completing standard procedures. The complaint, filed under s. 250.18(1) of the National Defence Act, requested a public interest investigation and hearing under s. 250.38(1).
custody_injury · 2006-Q2
A complaint was filed with the Military Police Complaints Commission alleging that Canadian Forces Military Police at Kandahar Airfield failed to investigate possible detainee abuse in Afghanistan. Three individuals detained by Canadian Forces in early April 2006 in the Dukah area were transferred to Military Police with documented injuries including contusions, abrasions, and lacerations. The complaint alleges Military Police failed to arrange medical examinations, failed to properly inventory detainees' personal effects, and transferred the injured detainees to Afghan National Police without conducting a forensic medical inquiry, contrary to standard procedures and the detainee transfer arrangement between Canadian Forces and Afghanistan.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
police_misconduct · 2021-Q2
The Military Police Complaints Commission investigated an interference complaint filed by two Military Police members (a Corporal and a Sergeant) against a Warrant Officer and a Captain in their MP Unit chain of command. The complaint arose from a welfare check conducted in mid-2021 at the residence of a Military Police officer whose young children were found unsupervised. Following the welfare check, a criminal investigation was opened for alleged child abandonment and failure to provide necessaries of life. The complainants alleged that the Warrant Officer improperly interfered by directing a 'tactical pause' and seeking to transfer the investigation file to the General Investigation Section, and that the Captain improperly interfered by making a personal call to a family member of the subject officer. The MPCC found all three allegations of improper interference not substantiated, concluding the directions were reasonable and undertaken for legitimate purposes, and the call to the family member did not interfere with the investigation. The CFNIS ultimately assumed the investigation, which did not result in charges.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
The Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) designated conduct complaint MPCC 2022-001 as a Public Interest Investigation (PII) under s. 250.38(1) of the National Defence Act. The complaint concerns allegations that the commanding officer and sergeant-major of a Military Police Unit gave preferential treatment to a Military Police Officer (MPO) by failing to lay charges and covering up incidents of the MPO's alcohol-related misconduct, including an attempted impaired driving incident in early 2021 and a child welfare concern in mid-2021. The complaint was joined to the existing PII covering MPCC files 2021-012, 2021-017, and 2021-026, which raised similar concerns about the same MPU leadership.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q2
As part of MPCC Public Interest Investigation 2022-001, the MPCC examined allegations that Military Police Unit leadership improperly directed subordinate MPs to pause a child welfare investigation and failed to lay Criminal Code charges (Failure to Provide Necessaries of Life, Child Abandonment) against a Military Police Officer, potentially delaying intervention by child welfare authorities. The conduct of the MPU commanding officer and sergeant-major in handling a child welfare check and subsequent investigation in mid-2021 is under review.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
The MPCC initiated a Public Interest Investigation in early August 2021 into the handling by a Military Police Unit of an investigation involving one of its own members who allegedly appeared intoxicated while attempting to drive with children. Complaints alleged that unit leadership covered up the misconduct, altered investigation reports without the investigator's knowledge, improperly directed subordinates not to report the incident, failed to refer the matter to the CFNIS, and failed to report to the Office of Professional Standards. A further related interference complaint was filed in mid-July 2021 regarding an alleged child welfare investigation involving the same officer.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
The Military Police Complaints Commission investigated an interference complaint filed by two military police members alleging that their chain of command improperly interfered with a military police investigation into a fellow military police officer who was found to be impaired in public. Allegations included improper alterations to the investigation file, pressuring investigators not to recommend charges, failure to refer the matter to CFNIS, failure to notify Professional Standards, and pressuring members not to report the incident. All six allegations of improper interference were found not substantiated. The Chief of the Defence Staff noted no further action was required.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1