A Military Police reunion (Retired, veteran and serving) is planned for 8 Wing Trenton from 16-18 June 2023 with various activities taking place.  Attached is both the information poster along with the registration form. For more information, please contact the Reunion coordinators listed on the event poster ..read more

​En septembre 1970, un article détaillé est publié dans Sentinelle (la revue des Forces canadiennes) expliquant le rôle des chiens sentinelles aux bases des Forces canadiennes Lahr et Baden-Soellingen ​en Allemagne. Le programme de chiens sentinelles a commencé comme programme de la police de l'air en 1963, et a ensuite été repris par la police militaire des Forces armées canadiennes unifiées. ​Pour en savoir plus sur le programme de chiens sentinelles et voir des photographies d'époque supplémentaires, lisez l'article complet de Sentinelle (en français) ici.  Loo ..read more

February is Black History Month in Canada. Last year at this time we featured a historical article about several black military police pioneers during the First World War period. As a result of newly uncovered photographs, this article has now been updated with additional information about several black soldiers from No. 2 Construction Battalion who were employed on regimental policing duties. Read more about these black pioneers and view additional photos here. (updated info is near the bottom of the page) One of two members of No. 2 Construction Battalion shown in a 1916 picture we ..read more

​19 August 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of Operational Jubilee—the ill-fated raid on Dieppe. While not often mentioned in the various written histories chronicling this operation, members of the Canadian Provost Corps (CProC) were assigned an important role. To learn more about the 41 men from No. 2 Provost Company who were 'baptized by fire' on that fateful day, and to view additional period photos, read the full article here. (Background Map Credit: DND/C. P. Stacey, Six Years of War ..read more

The CMPA is pleased to announce the unveiling of a new MP-themed permanent exhibit at the National Air Force Museum of Canada (NAFMC), 8 Wing/CFB Trenton, on Wednesday 29 June 2022. The exhibit, titled Sentry Dogs: Securing Canada’s Nuclear Air Strike Force, explores the sentry dog program operated by the Air Force Police and Military Police in West Germany, from 1963 to 1972, during the Cold War. This program was a critical component of the overall nuclear weapon security scheme that was implemented while the Canadian air force held a nuclear air strike role in suppor ..read more

Today marks the 82nd anniversary of Canadian Armed Forces' Military Police Branch, which traces its unbroken lineage back to the wartime creation of the Canadian Provost Corps (Canadian Army)—​effective 15 June 1940.  ​With the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) on 1 February 1968, the service policing organizations of the three former armed services ceased to exist and were replaced by a single, unified military police organization. Initially, CAF military police and intelligence capabilities both fell under an entity that became know as the Security Branch. However, in ..read more

​March 8th marks International Women's Day, so it is fitting that we look back at the origins of women in Canadian military policing roles. ​In 1974 women gained to right to serve in the Military Police trade of the unified Canadian Armed Forces. However, this was not the first time Canadian women had undertaken service policing functions. A significant number of women had previously served in service police capacities during the Second World War in the women's branches of Canada's three separate armed services.  Read the full article and view period photos here. Graphic adapted from ..read more

​February is Black History Month in Canada. To commemorate this occasion it is appropriate to look back on some early Black military police trailblazers. Recent research has identified two men of colour who served in military policing roles in Canada during the First World War period, and another who provided provost support during combat operations overseas. Read more about these pioneers and their military service to Canada here ..read more

​​The motorcycle has a long and storied history with Canada's military police. While motorcycles are no longer used by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), they were an important means of transportation for members of the Canadian Provost Corps for almost three decades and continued be used by some CAF military police units, albeit in much smaller numbers, until the 1990s. Learn more about the motorcycles used by Canada's military police and view additional photos here. Canadian Provost Corps motorcyclist, England, 1944 (DND) Military police motorcyclist, CFB Wainwright, Alberta, 19 ..read more

L'Unité des enquêtes spéciales (UES) était une unité de police militaire spécialisée qui a fourni aux Forces canadiennes des services de contre-ingérence et d'enquêtes criminelles du 1er avril 1966 au 1er avril 1998. L'UES a été modelée sur l'ancienne unité de l'Aviation royale canadienne du même nom. Après 32 ans de service fier et distingué à travers le monde, l'UES des Forces canadiennes a été dissoute sur la base des recommandations formulées dans le rapport Dickson pour séparer les fonctions de sécurité et d'enquête criminelle. L'UES a été remplacée par deux nouvelles unit ..read more