Military Police Complaints Commission -- Media Room

Odilon Emond, from Lac MÃ©gantic, Quebec, brings the benefit of more than 35 years' experience in police work to the Commission. Mr. Emond joined the Sherbrooke Police Department in 1963, before joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1975. Over the course of the next 23 years, Mr. Emond held positions of increasing responsibility, including Head, Police Division with Interpol; Director, Criminal Intelligence Directorate; Director, International Liaison and Protective Operations Directorate, and Assistant Commissioner and Commanding Officer "C" Division (Province of Quebec). Mr. Emond retired from the RCMP in 1998.

Henry Kostuck, from Orleans, Ontario, enjoyed an outstanding career with the Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.), which he joined in 1956. During his more than 30 years with the O.P.P., Mr. Kostuck served in a number of senior positions, including Chief Superintendent and Head, Field Operations Division in Toronto, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. After his retirement and prior to his appointment to the MPCC, Mr. Kostuck served as an Investigator and Special Advisor to the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP.

The Military Police Complaints Commission (MPPC) is a quasi-judicial civilian body, external and independent from the Department of National Defence, established under Part IV of the National Defence Act. Its mandate is to monitor and review complaints about the conduct of the military police in the performance of their policing duties and to deal with complaints of interference in military police investigations. The fundamental role of the Commission is to promote the principles of integrity and fairness and to build a climate of confidence within the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Forces and the Canadian public regarding the operations of the Military Police.

GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PART-TIME APPOINTMENTS TO THE MILITARY POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMISSION