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General Overview
3 Military Police Unit (3 MPU) is a unit of the Canadian Forces land element (known as the Canadian Army). Like all the CF Army Military Police Units, while they reside within the Regular Force, the units are actually “total force” units comprising both a regular and reserve component. The Regular component consists of the headquarters and a policing platoon in Gagetown, New Brunswick. The Reserve component consists of a company of three platoons located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick.

Recent History
The Military Police in Halifax trace their roots back to World War I where, in 1917, the Canadian Military Police Corps (CMPC) was stood up and Number 6 Detachment was formed. Their main duty was to maintain discipline, enforce the Conscription Act, and apprehend deserters and draft evaders. The CMPC was stood down in 1920.

The Reserve Company traces its roots back to Number 5 Provost Company, which was established after the conclusion of World War II. The Company was headquartered in Halifax with detachments in Halifax and Moncton. In 1967 the Canadian Force unified, causing the three service’s policing elements to be brought together to form the Security Branch. As a result, the Provost Corps was disbanded and the existing Army Reserve Provost Platoons (Pl), which had grown to five, were placed under the command of the new Service Battalions and titled Military Police Platoons (MP Pls). They were numbered 31, 32, 33, 36, and 36 MP Pls, which matched their Service Battalion numbers.

On 5 October 1997, under Reserve Restructure, Directive 7, and as a result of a number of studies concerning the MP Pls, they were removed from the Service Battalions and amalgamated into a single independent Platoon in Halifax named 30 MP Pl. It was the first independent reserve MP unit in Canada and reported to the Commander of 36 Canadian Brigade Group (CBG). The Platoon then moved from Willow Park to 12 Wing Shearwater.

In 2003, under the Army Reserve Establishment, 30 MP Pl became 30 MP Company (Coy) with the addition of a second Pl.

In September 2004, as a result of the second phase of the Land Force Reserve Restructure, Land Force Atlantic Area (LFAA) issued a Master Implementation Plan (MIP) for the stand up of 30 MP Coy as a Area direct report unit. This company was to consist of the existing 30 MP Pl from 36 CBG, the second Pl minus and Coy headquarters (HQ), all located in a leased facility in Lower Sackville, NS, and a third Pl created in Moncton, NB, from the reroll of a Pl from 4 Air Defence Regiment.

By 2005 it was recognized within the Army that Military Police units needed more independence in order to carry out their policing function while centralization of resources would enhance the MPs ability to force generate people for operations. Therefore, in February 2005, and on order of the Army Commander, LFAA issued a draft MIP for the stand up of 3 Garrison MP Coy. This Coy consists of the 3 ASG Gagetown MP Detachment (Det) and the 2nd Bn Royal Canadian Regiment MP Det. On 3 March 2005, the Army Commander signed and issued the Implemetation Directive for centralization of garrison MP resources in each Land Force Area.

The creation of the garrison MP Coys was seen as an interim measures and, therefore, on 14 February 2006, the Army Commander signed the Implementation Directive for centralization of all Army MP resources at the Land Force Area level. This order authorized the creation of the MP Units in the four LFAs to be 1, 2, 3, and 5 MP Units. These units would consist of all Regular and Reserve Force Army MPs in each LFA. In LFAA this involved 3 Grn MP Coy (the garrison platoon in Gagetown), 30 MP Coy, the 2 RCR MP Det, and the Area Provost Marshal's Office.

In May 2006, LFAA issued it's MIP for the formation and support of 3 MPU. Further, staffing of various full and part time positions commenced. On 1 October 2006, the amalgation of 30 MP Coy, 3 Grn MP Coy, and the HQ commences and on 28 October 2006. On 18 December 2006, the Minister of National Defence issues the Ministerial Organizational Order (MOO) authorizing the creation and stand-up of all MPUs, including 3 MPU. In September of 2007, the unit’s Canadian Forces Organizational Order was issued.

Sub-Unit Composition
Sub-units are as follows:
 * 3 Military {Police Unit Headquarters - Halifax, Nova Scotia (Total Force)
 * 3 ASG Gagetown Military Police Platoon - Gagetown, New Brunswick (Regular Force)
 * 30 Military Police Company HQ - Halifax, Nova Scotia (Reserve Force)
 * 1 Military Police Platoon - Halifax, Nova Scotia (Reserve Force)
 * 2 Military Police Platoon - Halifax, Nova Scotia (Reserve Force)
 * 3 Military Police Platoon - Moncton, New Brunswick (Reserve Force)

Commanding Officers and Unit Sergeants Major of 3 MPU
The following Officers have commanded 3 MPU (most recent to least recent):
 * Major V.R. Ethier - effective 9 October 2008 / Master Warrant Officer Ramsay
 * Major M. Cullum - effective 1 October 2006 / Master Warrant Officer Jack Kent

Former Commanding Officers of 30 MP Coy

 * Major Bob Campbell - effective May 2006 / Master Warrant Officer Brian Koval
 * Major Moser - effective September 2004 / Master Warrant Officer Brian Koval

Vehicles
3 MPU operates the following standard MP vehicles:

Garrison:
 * Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
 * Ford Expedition
 * Chevrolet Tahoe

Field:


 * Military Commercial Off The Shelf (MilCOTS) (Chevrolet Silverado)