Military police watchdog probing whether investigators altered report, interfered in case
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The allegations of military police cover-up 'go the heart of public confidence in military policing,' wrote the chairperson of the civilian watchdog.
The Military Police Complaints Commission is investigating whether military police altered information and threatened subordinates during a probe into a “misconduct” incident involving one of their own.
Chairperson Hilary McCormack decided on Aug. 3 to launch an investigation into complaints received by her office over the handling of an incident involving an allegedly intoxicated military police member and her children in March 2021.
“These complaints allege that the MP Unit’s leadership attempted to cover up the alleged misconduct of an officer of that Unit and improperly giving special treatment to the MP officer involved,” said a statement released on Wednesday announcing the investigation.
“The allegations in these complaints go to the very core of police values and ethics. They have the potential to undermine public confidence in the Military Police and their adherence to basic precepts of the rule of law: namely, the principle of equality before the law.”
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According to the statement, the decision by the civilian watchdog to investigate comes after her office received complaints in July and April of this year alleging military police interference in the case.
Details are thin but the statement says the incident at the heart of the complaints occurred on March 10, 2021, at an unknown location. A military police officer, who appeared intoxicated, put her children in her car and allegedly attempted to drive them and herself home after leaving a restaurant.
Bystanders intervened, and stopped her from getting into the car, the statement says.
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