Current and Past Missions

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Overview of Current and Past CANPOL Missions
CANPOL, a division of CANADEM, delivers police development programmes and police services to clients worldwide – offering expertise in all areas of policing. The Civilian Police (CIVPOL) deployed by CANADEM play a crucial role in contemporary peacekeeping operations and other UN field missions. Civilian Police help with police capacity-building through training and participation in police activities, as well as helping to create a safer environment where communities will be better protected and criminal activities will be prevented, disrupted and deterred.

EUPOL Afghanistan

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In June 2009, Allan Dahl, Ronald Bourne and John Hattin were seconded to the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan - EUPOL. They were deployed as Canadian Police Expert Trainers, Mentors to members of the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

They assisted the MoI in carrying out reforms and putting in place a modern administrative system ,  resulting in increased capacity for their counterparts to carry out activities in Rule of Law, particularly with regard to anti-corruption.

As Police Mentors, Ronald Bourne and John Hattin completed various priority projects identified by EUPOL. These included mentoring and training in modern police methodologies at the Regional Training Center in Herat; a Management and Leadership Course delivered to senior officials within the MoI; preparing a curriculum proposal to assess the Ministry's training needs and design; and delivering the necessary training to police officials while monitoring its success.

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EUPOL/MoI Public Media Campaign

Initially deployed as Anti-Corruption Expert, Allan Dahl worked on several  key projects. They include leading an Organized Crime Task Force project; creating a  working group on effective police-prosecutor cooperation within the MoI's Attorney General's Office (MoI-AGO) to increase stakeholder communication and consultation; case-by-case mentoring within Prosecutor’s Office to resolve procedural obstacles to anti-corruption work; and organizing workshops for officials in the Criminal Investigation Department of MoI-AGO to increase co-operation and communication.

Allan was subsequently promoted to Chief of Mentors/Advisers (Justice), within the Rule of Law Direction of EUPOL Afghanistan. He now directs and coordinates the advising and mentoring component of the mission, including supervising the mentors and assisting the MoI, Afghan National Police (ANP) and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in improving their planning, management and performance capabilities.

This project is undertaken with financial support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada  Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (DFAIT-START).

2008 Deployments

Afghanistan

ICDAA Afghanistan: In February 2008, Edward Adach and Jonathan Sheldan, two Canadian forensics experts, were deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan on behalf of the International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association (ICDAA) to support International Legal Aid Afghanistan. These two experts conducted a week long training seminar in Crime Scene Forensics for the International Legal Foundation-Afghanistan. The seminar included participation from a group of 38 men and women from eight different provinces of Afghanistan, and focused on building the capacity of defence attorneys and other sectors of the legal community through training in topics ranging from basic crime scene examination and documentation to more advanced topics such as DNA technology and fingerprint theory and techniques.
2007 Deployments

Haiti

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Haïti II - CANPOL Contingent of Canadian Police Experts

CANPOL Haiti II: In late August 2007, twenty highly experienced Canadian police experts deployed to Haiti to provide assistance to Haitian security reconstruction efforts. The experts worked under MINUSTAH, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, and provided training, mentoring and support to the Haitian National Police (HNP). Through funding from the Government of Canada, the CANPOL division of CANADEM recruited, equipped, uniformed, briefed and deployed the twenty experts for a period of twelve months. These twenty experts were drawn from the over 600 Canadian police experts registered with CANADEM.

CANPOL Haiti: In 2005, twenty-five Canadian CIVPOL police experts were deployed to Haiti to assist local police forces with security in support of the national elections in February and April, 2006. 

CORRECTIONS Haiti: Correctional System Reform is a critical component to the re-establishment of rule of law and sustainable development in Haiti. Through funding from the Government of Canada, CANADEM deployed four Canadian corrections experts to Haiti to work with the United Nations Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH).  These experts engaged in capacity-building and mentoring with members of Haiti's correctional system and with members of MINUSTAH, with the aim of improving the security and human rights situation in the Haitian prison system.

Click here, to view an Ottawa Citizen article (November 29, 2007) discussing the ongoing efforts of Canadian Correctional Officers in Haiti.

Sudan

CANPOL Sudan: In 2006, seven Canadian CIVPOL police experts were deployed to Sudan and Ethiopia to work with the EU in offering training assistance to AU police for the African Mission in Sudan (AMIS II). This mission was so successful that a second round of experts were deployed in 2007. In this second round, five police experts were stationed in Ethiopia and Sudan, providing support to AMIS II. These experts contributed to improved communication and decision-making capabilities and better training opportunitites for AMIS police.