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police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
A Military Police Officer was seen leaving a restaurant with her children while appearing to be intoxicated, and bystanders intervened. The Military Police Unit was accused of preferential treatment and covering up the incident.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
Allegations of cover-up and special treatment by Military Police Detachment leadership, including interference with an investigation and intimidation of members. The incident involved an MP attempting to drive while impaired with children in the vehicle.
custody_injury · 2006-Q2
sexual_assault · 2021-Q4
sexual_assault · 2021-Q4
The Military Police Complaints Commission investigated three conduct complaints concerning a November 2021 investigation by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service into allegations of sexual assault against Major Cristian Hiestand. The investigation found that the CFNIS investigators conducted an inadequate investigation, marked by undue haste in arresting and charging Maj Hiestand. The MPCC made 17 recommendations to improve CFNIS investigative practices around sexual assault cases.
sexual_assault · 2021-Q4
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service Western Region (CFNIS WR) investigated two sexual assault allegations made in November 2021 against a Canadian Forces officer posted to 15 Wing CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Following a two-day investigation, the officer was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault; he died by suicide on January 17, 2022. The Military Police Complaints Commission conducted a Public Interest Investigation and found the CFNIS WR investigation was inadequate, marked by undue haste, confirmation bias, and tunnel vision. The CFPM declined to implement any of the 13 recommendations issued by the MPCC Chairperson in the final report dated February 4, 2026.
sexual_assault · 2021-Q4
custody_death · 2008-Q1
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) conducted three separate investigations into the death of Cpl Stuart Langridge, who was found hanging in an army barracks room. The Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) held a public interest hearing to investigate complaints about the CFNIS investigations, including allegations of a lack of independence and bias in favour of the military. The MPCC found that the CFNIS investigations were deficient in several respects, including a failure to properly investigate certain matters and a lack of transparency in their interactions with the complainants.
custody_death · 2024-Q2
The Military Police Complaints Commission is investigating a conduct complaint alleging military police negligence during a welfare check on Master Corporal Shaun Orton, who was later found to have died by suicide. The complaint claims delays in conducting the welfare check, entering the home, and administering first aid may have contributed to his death.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
The MPCC initiated a Public Interest Investigation on August 3, 2021, into a Military Police Unit's handling of an investigation involving one of its own officers who was allegedly intoxicated while attempting to drive with children. Complaints alleged that unit leadership altered investigative reports, directed subordinates not to report the incident, suppressed charges, and improperly gave special treatment to the officer involved. Both interference and conduct complaints were filed with the MPCC in April and July 2021.
custody_injury · 2010-Q4
custody_injury · 2010-Q4
The MPCC conducted its 14th Public Interest Investigation into an anonymous complaint alleging that in December 2010 and January 2011, the Commanding Officer of the Military Police Company at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan conducted exercises at the Detainee Transfer Facility to terrorize detainees. The investigation focused on the conduct of CFNIS members involved in the 2011 investigation and their decision not to lay charges. As of the 2020 Annual Report, the Interim Report was still being prepared.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
A Military Police Officer was seen leaving a restaurant with her children while appearing to be intoxicated, and bystanders intervened. The Military Police Unit was accused of preferential treatment and covering up the incident.
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
sexual_assault · 2021-Q4
police_misconduct · 2021-Q1
sexual_assault · 2021-Q4
custody_injury · 2011-Q1
custody_injury · 2010-Q4
custody_injury · 2011-Q1
The Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) conducted a Public Interest Investigation (PII-EIP-2015-005) into an anonymous complaint alleging that Canadian military police members abused Afghan detainees at Kandahar Airfield during a training exercise in 2011, and that a Canadian commander ignored charges recommended following a Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) investigation. After reviewing over 3,000 pages of documents and interviewing more than 70 witnesses, the Commission found both allegations unsubstantiated and no evidence of detainee abuse, while identifying investigative deficiencies in the CFNIS inquiry and issuing 13 recommendations for improvement. The Final Report was released on September 2, 2021, with an addendum added on March 14, 2024.