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==Unit Background==
===General Overview===
'''2 Military Police Unit''' (2 MPU) is a unit of the [[Canadian Forces]].  It is essentially the Army Military Police of [[Ontario]] (this does not include Canadian Forces Support Unit (Ottawa)).  The unit was initially created in the summer of 2006.  Since then, the unit was officially established with the creation of a Ministerial Organization Order (MOO) and a Canadian Forces Organization Order (CFOO) dated September 24th, 2007.  I(contracted; show full)s parades, members of the unit will wear their Distinct Environmental Uniform (DEU).  Therefore, even as a member of an Army unit, members will wear the uniform corresponding to their particular environment; Army, Navy or Air Force.  In OPD and CADPAT, unit members who are trained as Military Police wear a scarlet beret.  In DEU, the head dress of each element is worn instead of the scarlet beret.

===Personal Weapons===
Members of 2 MPU mainly use the following personal long and short barrel weapons:
*[[S
ig SauerIG SAUER]] P225 pistol (Regular Force members in Canada and carried by all MP members while conducting international operations)
*Browning 9mm pistol (Reserve Force members only)
*[[C7A1]] or [[C7A2]] or [[C8 rifle]]

Those involved in garrison policing duties also carry the following for use in the Use of Force continuum:
*[[handcuffs]]
*[[OC spray]]
*[[ASP baton]]
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[[Category:Law enforcement agencies of the Canadian Forces]]

[[fr: Prévôt général des forces armées canadiennes]]

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