Canadian Provost Corps The Canadian Provost Corps ( C Pro C ) was the military police corps of the Canadian Army . The Canadian Provost Corps was authorized on 15 June 1940 . The Canadian Provost Corps was amalgamated into the Canadian Forces in 1968 . Canadian Military Police Corps . During the early years of World War I , Regimental Police were the only police element in the Canadian Army . The situation was such that the 2nd Canadian Division made its brigade s responsible for the provision of " Trench Police " to perform traffic control duties . The Canadian Military Police Corps was formed during October 1917 , with a total of 850 all ranks . The CMPC school was formed at Ottawa on 1 June 1918 , and closed ten months later on 11 March 1919 . The CMPC itself was disbanded on 30 June 1920 . Royal Canadian Mounted Police . At the outbreak of World War II , the Canadian Army was without any form of military police . On September 13 , 1939 , the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) requested and received permission to form a Provost Company using volunteers from its ranks . This was designated 1 Provost Company ( RCMP ) , of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division , Canadian Active Service Force . Initially , it was 120 men ; many of them were in the UK by the end of 1939 . Second World War . In mid June 1940 , the Canadian Provost Corps was officially born out of 1 Provost Company . For most of 1940 , 1 Provost Company was stationed in England , but was involved in the battles during the fall of France ( Brest , Laval , Sable and Chateaubriant ) . The Canadian Provost Corps Training Centre operated from November 1942 to May 1946 , training a total of 1 , 897 all ranks . During World War II , most of the Canadian Army in England was stationed at Aldershot . Canadian MPs wore red - topped caps and were armed with . 38 revolvers carried in a holster on the left hip together with white pattern 1937 web belt , brace and brace attachment in the same manner as the British Corps of Military Police ( CMP ) . The corps saw action for the first time on 18 August 1942 in the Dieppe Raid . Of the 41 members who took part , 22 returned to England , one was killed , eighteen were taken prisoner ( seven of them being wounded ) . During 1943 , 1 Provost Company became involved in operations in Sicily ( Pachino , Valguarnera , Assoro , Agira , Adrano and Regalbuto ) and after the crossing into Italy on 3 September 1943 , the company continued its support of the I Canadian Corps as part of the Eighth Army as Allied forces crept northwards from the toe of Italy . Places where 1 Provost Company saw action included : Campobasso , Torella , Motta Montecorvino , San Leonardo , The Gully , and Ortona in 1943 ; San Nicola , San Tommaso , Cassino II , the Gustav Line , the Liri Valley , the Hitler Line , and Got Lamone Crossing in 1944 ; and Misano Ridge , Rimini Line , San Martino , San Lorenzo , and Fosso Vecchio in 1945 . In the Cassino area of Italy , the Canadian Provost assisted the British CMP on " Highway 6 " , where 11 , 000 vehicles were handled every day . The Canadians were part of twenty - four provost and traffic control companies and two Special Investigation Branch sections that were attached to the Eighth Army . Shortly after the Normandy landings in June 1944 , the 2nd Canadian Line of Communications ( LoC ) Provost HQ and six sections were deployed in Northern France on traffic control duties . 1 Provost Company also saw action at Apeldoorn in the Netherlands . On 18 October 1945 , 1 Provost Company was de - activated when it was repatriated to Canada . By September 1945 , the C Pro C numbered 6 , 120 men . Postwar history . The Canadian Provost Corps School was formed at Camp Borden in the late 1940s , and by 1948 there were at least ten Provost Companies , including five Militia Provost Companies , in the Canadian Army . 25 Provost Detachment headed to Korea in 1950 , where it formed part of 1 Commonwealth Division Provost Company ( " 1 COMWEL Div Pro Coy " ) . It was stated in the Standing Orders of this unit that it was the only integrated unit of its kind in the Allied Forces . In 1955 , the Provost Detachment was disbanded after a total of 264 Canadian MPs had served in Korea . From 23 November 1951 , the 27th Brigade Provost Detachment was located in Hanover , West Germany with NATO . In November 1958 , the 4 Canadian Infantry Brigade Group rotated into Germany and the Provost Platoon in Germany was renamed No . 4 Provost Platoon . During 1968 , the platoon was renamed 4 Military Police Platoon and was located at Canadian Forces Base Lahr until the pull out of 4 Canadian Mechanised Battle Group ( CMBG ) in 1992 . In March 1964 , the United Nations authorized a force to serve on the island of Cyprus . Members of the Military Police served on Cyprus from that time until Canada pulled out in 1992 . On 1 February 1968 , the Provost Corps ceased to exist , when all branches of the Canadian military were unified into the Canadian Forces and security became the responsibility of the Canadian Armed Forces Security and Intelligence Branch . The Canadian Military Police Heritage Hall at Canadian Forces Base Borden is a museum dedicated to the memory of the Canadian Provost Corps , Royal Canadian Air Force Service Police and Royal Canadian Navy Naval Shore Patrol Veterans in the Canadian Forces . Related units . This unit was allied with the following :