Military Police Services Group (MP Svcs Gp)
The MP Svcs Gp is a Military Police formation with the mandate to provide MP operational support to Canadian Forces operations, be they domestic, continental or expeditionary. The formation is comprised of a HQ in Ottawa, and three subordinate units: the CF Close Protection Unit (CFCPU) located in Ottawa, the Military Police Security Service (MPSS), and the CF Service Prison and Detention Barracks (CFSPDB).
The CF Protective Services Unit
The CFPSU is a high-readiness, specialized and expert protective service organization capable of conducting a broad range of special protective missions and tasks at home and abroad in support of the DND and CF mission. The CFPSU HQ is located in Ottawa.
The Military Police Security Service
The MPSS, is as a unit of the MP Svcs Gp seconded to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). The role of the MPSS is to provide security services to specific Canadian Foreign Missions and related properties under the direction of the appropriate Head of Mission. These services include protection of classified and administratively controlled material and equipment, Canadian personnel and property. The performance of these duties includes the execution of instructions for the protection of Canadian Foreign Service Missions and their personnel in emergencies.
The MPSS employs over a hundred Military Police personnel. The MPSS personnel are located at the unit headquarters, in Ottawa, and at 47 Canadian Embassies, High Commissions, or Consulates around the world.
The first embassy to employ MP personnel as Military Security Guards was Beirut in 1976. The MSGU was declared an official unit of the CF in 1990, and was officially renamed the MPSS in 2009.
The CF Service Prison and Detention Barracks
The CF Service Prison and Detention Barracks
Originally established as one of several military detention centres, the CFSPDB, located at CFB Edmonton, is now the sole, permanently established military corrections facility remaining in the CF. The roles of the CFSPDB include: to provide imprisonment and detention services for Canadian Forces service detainees, service prisoners and service convicts; to adjust detainees and prisoners to service discipline, and prepare them to resume an effective role in the Canadian Forces; to return prisoners to civilian life, where appropriate, with improved attitude and motivation; and to provide subject matter expertise and guidance in support of Canadian Forces disciplinary programmes and deployed prisoner of war/detainee operations.
Inmates at the CFSPDB serve sentences that range from 15-90 days of detention, to sentences of imprisonment up to two years less a day. Inmates serving a sentence of 14 days detention, or less, may serve their sentence at a local Unit Detention Room.
