WARNING: This story contains references to suicide. It took more than six hours for military police to conduct a wellness check on a defence intelligence analyst in Ottawa after his wife called them because she was concerned for his safety, according to newly disclosed evidence. The 2024 death by suicide of Master Cpl. Shaun Orton is at the centre of a rare public hearing by Canada’s military police watchdog. The Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) is probing the matter because of the severity of the allegations, and the potential systemic issues surrounding the way military police respond to mental health calls. Military police did not perform CPR on Orton when they arrived and found him hanging, believing it was too late to help, according to testimony at the hearing. Ottawa police arrived 10 minutes later and tried to resuscitate him, but Orton was later pronounced dead at hospital.…