1 April 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The RCAF existed as a separate armed service for its first 44 years, and now serves as the air component of the unified Canadian Armed Forces. From 1939 until 1968 the RCAF operated its own service police organization. The contemporary RCAF draws its police support from the CAF Military Police Branch. To learn more about the various police and security organizations that have supported the RCAF during its first century, and to watch a video tribute to the RCAF police personnel who operated from 1939–196 ..read more

The CMPA kit shop has created a 2nd edition of the Canadian Military Police Fallen Members Challenge coin for a specific purpose. The CMPA Kit shop is selling this 2nd edition Fallen Members Coin in order to raise funds to support the Cpl Gibson Memorial Sign located in Suffield AB. All proceeds from the sale of this coin will be passed onto the 1 MP Regiment RSM to offset the costs for the creation and maintenance of the new Cpl Stephen Gibson memorial sign which has been erected at the site where Cpl Gibson died while on duty. This second edition coin is similar to the first edition except t ..read more

A new book by Necole Belanger (CWO Ret'd)—a CMPA member who's 35-year military career included 26 years with the Military Police Branch—has recently been published by Double Dagger Books Ltd. This book is now available from the CMPA's Military Police Kit Shop, as well as directly from amazon.ca.   "Pride Amid Prejudice" is the story of Necole's struggles as a lesbian member of the CAF during a period when the institution, and many of its individual personnel, did not always embrace women or LGBTQ members in its ranks. Her book is a story of self-discovery through adversity ..read more

​An Educational, Historical, Cultural and Culinary Experience The CMPA is pleased to announce it's support for a one-week historical and cultural tour in southern Italy from 12–19 May 2024. This tour has been tailored for members of the military police family (serving and veterans).   ​[Note: The tour has recently been changed from the original June dates to May instead in order to better facilitate key tour events] 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Liri Valley in which the 1st Canadian Corps—supported by several units of the Canadian Provost Corps (CProC)—he ..read more

We are pleaded to announce a new benefit for CMPA members-in-good-standing who wish to participate in the upcoming MP-themed ​Battlefield Tour and Taste of Italy program in May 2024—a $150 discount toward tour package fees. ​​Please note that the tour dates have recently been changed to 12–19 May 2024, from the original June dates, in order to better facilitate key tour events. This change should also allow for more comfortable weather conditions during the tour. Photo Credits: Left - Jack Smith/DND/LAC a213689; Centre - Julius Szabo/travelviaitaly.com; Right - Calum Lewis/unsplas ..read more

The Canadian Military Police Association is pleased to bring you a two-part historical account of No. 2 Provost Company during the Second World War—written by former unit commander H. C. (Chris) Forbes—which was originally published in The Quarterly magazine of the RCMP in the mid-1980s.   ​Forbes joined No. 1 Provost Company as a RCMP volunteer in 1939 and was later commissioned in the Canadian Provost Corps. He commanded No. 2 Provost Company from March to November 1944 and was later promoted to Major and appointed Assistant Provost Marshal of the 2nd Canadian Division. After ..read more

​An Educational, Historical, Cultural and Culinary Experience The CMPA is pleased to announce it's support for a one-week historical and cultural tour in southern Italy from the 23rd to 30th of July 2024. This tour has been tailored for members of the military police family (serving and veterans). 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Liri Valley in which the 1st Canadian Corps—supported by several units of the Canadian Provost Corps (CProC)—helped break through the tough German defences and set the stage for the subsequent Allied advance on Rome. This tour will include visits ..read more

​15 June 2023 marks the 83rd anniversary of the Canadian Armed Forces' Military Police Branch, which traces its unbroken lineage back to the creation of the Canadian Provost Corps (Canadian Army) during the Second World War. For more about the significance of this anniversary date, and to learn about some of Canada's wartime provost marshals, see Looking Back: The Military Police Branch Birthdate, 15 June 1940. Security Branch flag – adopted in 1976. Military Police Branch flag – 2000 to present ..read more

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police When the Canadian Naval Service was established in 1910 (soon renamed the Royal Canadian Navy) it inherited the Ship's Police system that was already well established in Britain's Royal Navy. Because the RCN Ship's Police branch predated the First World War, and since its members (called Ship's Corporals and Masters-at-Arms) were specifically "rated" for such specialist duties, they were arguably Canada's first permanent service police organization.   The Ship's Police organization lasted only for the first 9 years of the RCN's existence, but from it was borne the better ..read more