It was not the military police. Under the old system—which has since changed but did apply to my case of sexual misconduct—commanding officers had to lay charges. In other words, the military police had to refer the files back to the units to lay a charge or have a charge-laying decision.
As I raised concerns, this individual, the commanding officer who made the charge-laying decision, which is part of the justice process, was not only present at the event but a friend of the accused—or a perceived friend—and has known him for a long time. This is a very clear conflict of interest, and apparently not one member in the entire Royal Canadian Navy chain of command was able to read to page 3 of the report.