The Military Police Complaints Commission’s (the Commission) 2013 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament today by the Honourable Robert Nicholson, Minister of National Defence.

The Annual Report reflects an active year in oversight while making great strides toward advancing its oversight mandate.

In the report, Commission Chairperson Mr. Glenn Stannard details the key aspects of the Commission’s activities during 2013. Over the past year, the Commission completed the evidentiary portion of the Fynes Public Interest Hearing into the conduct of Military Police investigations related to the death of Corporal Stuart Langridge. In support of a growing workload, the Commission continued to advance its organizational needs to address and meet its accountability and transparency obligations to government and central agencies.

In the coming weeks, the Commission anticipates issuing the Interim Report concerning the Fynes PIH and continuing to manage the increasingly complex and voluminous complaint files it receives.

The Commission looks forward to working collaboratively with the National Defence leadership, the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal, the Chain of Command, and the Military Police community, as well as the Commission’s partners and stakeholders in advancing common goals. 

The electronic version of the Commission’s 2013 Annual Report is available at www.mpcc-cppm.gc.ca. 

The Commission reviews and investigates complaints concerning military police conduct and investigates allegations of interference in military police investigations. It reports its findings and makes recommendations directly to the military police and national defence leadership.

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