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Annual Report 2008 - Meeting the Challenges of Oversight
INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON
It is a great pleasure for me to introduce the Military Police Complaints Commission’s 2008 Annual Report which has as its theme “Meeting the Challenges of Oversight.
” This theme is particularly appropriate given the increasingly complex environment in which the Commission operates as it fulfills its responsibilities to provide independent civilian oversight of the Canadian Forces military police.
This year has not been without its challenges, both operational and corporate, including matters associated with the Afghanistan Public Interest Investigations and Hearings and the Federal Court challenge of Commission jurisdiction. As we have risen to meet those challenges, we have also continued to make progress in other areas. This includes adapting to significantly increased workload pressures; completion of substantial conduct complaint investigations and accompanying Interim and Final Reports addressing both specific and systemic issues; and identification, in collaboration with partners, of innovative measures to further facilitate the work of the Commission.
This year’s Annual Report provides an overview of some of the environmental, operational, legislative, and policy challenges the Commission has addressed, and in some cases is continuing to address, as well as providing illustrative, case-based information on matters of military police conduct. The report also highlights the Commission’s efforts to ensure the continued, sound stewardship of the public resources entrusted to it and to leverage those resources in the achievement of its oversight mandate and its role as a good corporate citizen in government.
As much as the Annual Report is a record of the Commission’s operational and corporate accountability, it is also a testimony to the continued dedication and professionalism of Commission staff who, at all times, have demonstrated the utmost commitment to excellence. I want to personally express my appreciation for their exceptional efforts.
In addition, the Commission’s working relationships with its partners, stakeholders and others within and outside the government community, most particularly the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal, his professional standards staff and the broader military police community, have been essential to the performance of oversight. In closing, I want to recognize their ongoing contributions to the work of the Commission.
Peter A. Tinsley
Chairperson
