Canadian Military Police Training: Urban Crowd
Control
Written by Gary North on
September 12, 2012
When Canada is
preparing, something fundamental has changed.
This was a press release from the
Canadian military. The exercises begin
today.
Approximately 300 Military Police
from 5 Military Police Regiment and 2 Military Police Regiment will be
conducting an
exercise in Hawkesbury and the surrounding area from September
12 to 16, 2012. The Military Police officers will take part in the exercise,
whose primary goal is to practice the various tasks that would be carried out
during actual domestic operations.
Military vehicles, consisting of
Military Police Cruisers and G-Wagons, will arrive between September 9-12,
2012, in convoys of 5 to 8 vehicles, from Valcartier, Petawawa, Farnham, and
Toronto. These convoys will arrive at different times and use separate roads.
The convoys will depart on Sunday, September 16, 2012.
The site of the Amoco Building in
Hawkesbury will serve as a command post and main accommodations for the
personnel. The police operations will include roadblocks, VIP escorts, and a
simulated helicopter crash.
In collaboration with the
municipalities, the necessary measures have been taken to minimize disruptions
to local citizenry. Manoeuvres will take place primarily during the day, and
specific locations have been designated for the training, namely, the town of
Alexandria, the town of Plantagenet, the town of Papineauville, the Chateau
Hotel at Mirabel Airport, and the former Volailles Grenville Building in
Grenville. The roads will be used by
exercise participants during this period however inconvenience
to the local population will be minimized. Blank ammunition will be used during
this exercise.
When: September 16 – 0600 hrs to 0900
hrs
Location: Former Volailles Grenville
Building, 33 Elm St, Grenville
Local citizens are cordially invited on Sunday, September 16, from 1000
hrs to 1200 hrs, to come and talk with the military personnel at the Amoco
Building in Hawkesbury, 1423 Cameron Street.
The troops are being conditioned to
crowd control. The public is also being conditioned.
This is Canada, This is not some
banana republic,
