I would hope it had knowledge of that. In order to appoint someone to a position, the government must be familiar with the person's entire professional history, including their conduct in other departments. This was not the first time these issues came up, according to the information I received.
Furthermore, when you say complaints, do you mean actual grievances? Were any grievances filed against Mr. Elliott at the RCMP? Or were they verbal complaints, as opposed to formal grievances?