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The Military Police Complaints Commission currently consists of Chairperson Glenn Stannard and supporting staff. There are also three part-time members appointed by Governor in Council; Roy Berlinquette of Ottawa, Ontario, Steven Chabot of Montréal, Québec and Hugh Muir of Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The Executive Committee of the Commission is composed of the Chair, his Chief of Staff and the General Counsel. You can find the list of key staff and how to reach them on the Contact Us page of this website.
Glenn M. Stannard
Chairperson
Born, raised and educated in Windsor, Ontario, Mr. Stannard served with its city police service for 37 years. During this time, he was promoted through the ranks and has worked in all divisions of the service. In August 1995, Mr. Stannard was promoted to Deputy Chief of Police, Administration. His dedication to the city and its citizen was recognized in 1999 with his appointment as its Chief of Police, a position which he held until his retirement in February 2008. Mr. Stannard is also a former president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and lifetime member of the OACP and of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. In 2003, he was invested into the Order of Merit of the Police Forces by Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada and received the Queen's Jubilee Award in 2005.
During his 9 years as Chief of Police with the Windsor Police Service, he had a legislative responsibility under the Police Services Act of Ontario (PSA) to oversee, administer and be responsible for the Public Complaints Process. Responsibilities included the oversight of the Professional Standards Branch that handled the receiving, processing, investigating and resolution of all public complaints against Windsor Police officers covered under the PSA. Additional duties included addressing appeals returned by the civilian oversight body, the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services.
Mr. Stannard was also a prosecutor and hearings officer under the authority of the Police Services Act. This adjudicative responsibility dealt with police act charges against police officers under the PSA.
Mr. Stannard was appointed as a part-time Commission Member in September 2007 and as the MPCC interim Chairperson in December 2009. He was subsequently appointed full-time Chairperson in June 2010. In addition to his CEO duties, Mr. Stannard was a Panel member in the Afghanistan Public Interest Hearing (PIH) and presides over the Fynes PIH into the conduct of Military Police investigations related to the death of Corporal Stuart Langridge. Mr. Stannard has rendered decisions on numerous conduct and interference complaint files.
Roy V. Berlinquette
Member
Roy V. Berlinquette, a recognized team builder with 36 years of public service with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) emerged from an entry-level position to senior executive levels in corporate, operational and administrative areas to Deputy Commissioner of the North West Region.
Mr. Berlinquette has acquired a wealth of knowledge and experience in his numerous years of dealing with government officials at Municipal, Provincial and Federal levels as well as positive relations at the international level.
His recent accomplishments include being a six year member of the Office of the Oversight Commission on the Reform of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and researcher and co-author of the Jerusalem Old City Security Initiative. He was formerly principal of a consulting company specializing in risk management, comptrollership and investigations in Ottawa.
Mr. Berlinquette was appointed as a Member of the Commission in May 2007. Since that time, he has served as a Panel member on the Afghanistan PIH and has rendered decisions on numerous conduct and interference complaints files.
Steven Chabot
Member
Mr. Chabot’s 33 year career in the Sûreté du Québec police force includes patrol, investigative and senior executive experience. He was successively appointed Captain in charge of Carcajou Squad, Assistant Deputy Director General and Deputy Director General in various branches of the Sûreté du Québec. He has acted as an advisor to the Quebec government on questions pertaining to public security and has a keen interest in the professionalization of police forces and professional ethics. In 2006, Mr. Chabot was invested as an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces by Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada and was elevated in the Order to the rank of Commander in 2010. Mr. Chabot retired from the police force in 2010.
Mr. Chabot holds a master’s degree in Public Management from the École nationale d’administration publique (ÉNAP) and is fluent in both French and English. He was appointed as a Member of the Commission in December 2011.
Hugh R. Muir
Member
Mr. Muir has been in policing for 40 years. He graduated from the Ontario Police College in 1972 and attended the Toronto Police College and the Ontario Police College for further training. Mr. Muir was sworn in with the Toronto Metro Police Department in 1971 and served with the Force until 1979. Since 1979, he served with the Town of Stellarton, Nova Scotia (NS), where he was promoted through the ranks in different divisions up to the rank of Acting Chief of Police, a position he held until his retirement in December 2011.
Mr. Muir is an active volunteer in the County of Pictou, Nova Scotia. He was invested as a Member of the Order of Merit for the Police Forces by Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada in 2007 and was appointed as a Member of the Commission in December 2011.
All of the above may also be contacted through the Commission's main numbers:
Telephone: (613) 947-5625
Toll Free: 1-800 632-0566
Facsimile: (613) 947-5713
Toll Free: 1 877 947-5713
e-mail inquiries: commission@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca
media inquiries: media@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca or by phone at (613) 944-9349
NOTE: Please do not submit complaints or other confidential information via e-mail, as security cannot be guaranteed.