Name and rank |
Agency |
Location |
Date |
Details
|
Constable Alexander Gamman
|
RCMP
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
May 26, 1950
|
Killed while trying to apprehend a bank robber
|
Constable Herschel Taylor Wood
|
RCMP
|
Glacier Park, Montana
|
July 16, 1950
|
Died in a traffic accident while on duty
|
Constable Frank Hare
|
Port Dover Police
|
Port Dover, Ontario
|
June 2, 1951
|
Died after his police truck was struck by a train
|
Sergeant Robert J. Battersby
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
June 22, 1951
|
Fatally electrocuted
|
County Constable Mont Alexander Wood
|
Lennox & Addington Police
|
Northbrook, Ontario
|
December 1, 1951
|
Struck by a car and killed while on duty
|
Sergeant of Detectives Edmond Tong
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
May 23, 1952
|
Killed by two bank robbers while pulling them over
|
Constable Stephen Kasper
|
RCMP
|
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
|
May 11, 1953
|
Died in a plane crash while on duty
|
Corporal Harold T. Shaughnessy
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Port Colborne)
|
Welland, Ontario
|
September 19, 1953
|
Died in the hospital after a car accident while on duty
|
Corporal Henry Gilchrist
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Tillsonburg)
|
Highway 3 between
Tillsonburg and
Aylmer, Ontario
|
February 17, 1954
|
Died in a car accident while on duty
|
Constable Kenneth Lennon
|
Etobicoke Township Police
|
Etobicoke, Ontario
|
June 19, 1954
|
Died in a motorcycle accident while on patrol
|
Constable Joseph Kasimir Sander
|
RCMP
|
Near
Swan River, Manitoba
|
July 9, 1954
|
Drowned while on patrol
|
Constable Ronald Charles Bloomfield
|
RCMP
|
Near
Swan River, Manitoba
|
July 9, 1954
|
Drowned while on patrol
|
Constable Robert Lévesque
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
|
August 23, 1954
|
Died after being hit by a car while at the scene of a car crash
|
Constable Douglas Earl Ferguson
|
RCMP
|
Cape Alexander, N.W.T. (present-day
Nunavut)
|
September 17, 1954
|
Died of
carbon monoxide poisoning while onboard RCMPV Kingalik
|
Constable Fabien Galipeault
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
L'Assomption, Quebec
|
October 19, 1954
|
Hit and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic
|
Constable George Constantineau
|
Ottawa Police Service
|
Ottawa, Ontario
|
November 17, 1954
|
Died in a motorcycle accident while on duty
|
Constable Ernest Paul
|
Copper Cliff Police
|
Copper Cliff, Ontario
|
May 28, 1955
|
Shot and killed by a deranged man in a hotel while talking to a cook
|
Constable Florian Poirier
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Quebec City, Quebec
|
July 29, 1955
|
Killed in a patrol motorcycle accident
|
Constable Roy Eldon Laird
|
RCMP
|
near
Medicine Hat, Alberta
|
August 26, 1955
|
Died in a car wreck while on duty
|
Constable Charles William Reay
|
RCMP
|
Island Falls, Saskatchewan
|
October 6, 1955
|
Drowned in the
Churchill River
|
Constable Gordon Sinclair
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
December 7, 1955
|
Shot and killed while investigating two suspicious men. One of his killers was hanged and the other was given life in prison.
|
Inspector David James McCombe
|
RCMP
|
near
Cut Knife, Saskatchewan
|
December 12, 1955
|
Died from the elements while on patrol
|
Constable William Lawrence Melsom
|
RCMP
|
Port Alberni, British Columbia
|
February 8, 1956
|
Killed in a traffic collision while responding to a call
|
Constable John A.C. Behan
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Perth)
|
Highway 7 between
Maberly and
Silver Lake, Ontario
|
April 14, 1956
|
Died in a car accident while on duty
|
Constable Henry Charles Allington Chandler
|
RCMP
|
Millview, Nova Scotia
|
June 15, 1956
|
Died in a traffic accident
|
Police Captain Ernest Chalifoux
|
Sûreté du Québec (
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts)
|
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
|
August 7, 1956
|
Shot and killed while attempting to arrest two thieves during a power outage
|
Constable Lewis R. Durant
|
Markham Township Police
|
Markham, Ontario
|
August 18, 1956
|
Struck and killed by a motorist during a traffic stop
|
Constable John Roland Cobley
|
RCMP
|
near
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
|
January 5, 1957
|
Died from injuries received after being hit by a car while on duty
|
Sergeant Claire J. McGillen
|
Peterborough Police
|
Peterborough, Ontario
|
May 23, 1957
|
Died in a car accident while on duty
|
Constable Philip de la Rue
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Matheson)
|
Matheson, Ontario
|
May 25, 1957
|
Died in the hospital after a car crash while on duty
|
Constable Peter R. Sebborn
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Kenora)
|
Kenora, Ontario
|
June 1, 1957
|
Died in the hospital after a car collision while on duty
|
Constable Henry J. Harper
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Gananoque)
|
Kingston, Ontario
|
September 11, 1957
|
Died in hospital after being struck by a vehicle in the rain
|
Constable Ronald Pitt
|
Morrisburg Police
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
September 23, 1957
|
Died in the hospital in Quebec after being shot while apprehending occupants of a stolen vehicle in
Morrisburg
[39]
|
Constable Ken Delmage
|
Calgary Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
November 4, 1957
|
Died in a motorcycle accident
[23]
|
Constable George W. Smith
|
Windsor Police Service
|
London, Ontario
|
December 12, 1957
|
Died in the hospital after a collision during a snow storm
|
Corporal Herbert Milton Smart
|
RCMP
|
near
Georgina Island in
Lake Simcoe, Ontario
|
June 7, 1958
|
Drowned when their boat was swamped during a storm
|
Constable Maurice Melnychuk
|
RCMP
|
near
Georgina Island in
Lake Simcoe, Ontario
|
June 7, 1958
|
Drowned when their boat was swamped during a storm
|
Constable Glen Frederick Farough
|
RCMP
|
near
Georgina Island in
Lake Simcoe, Ontario
|
June 7, 1958
|
Drowned when their boat was swamped during a storm
|
Constable David Melvyn Perry
|
RCMP
|
near
Georgina Island in
Lake Simcoe, Ontario
|
June 7, 1958
|
Drowned when their boat was swamped during a storm
|
Constable George Herbert Edward Ransom
|
RCMP
|
near
Georgina Island in
Lake Simcoe, Ontario
|
June 7, 1958
|
Drowned when their boat was swamped during a storm
|
Constable Carl Lennart Sundell
|
RCMP
|
Herschel Island, Yukon
|
July 14, 1958
|
Accidentally shot
|
Staff Sergeant Stanley Samuel Rothwell
|
RCMP
|
Skaha Lake, British Columbia
|
August 6, 1958
|
Killed in a plane accident
|
Constable Richard William Green
|
RCMP
|
Skaha Lake, British Columbia
|
August 6, 1958
|
Killed in a plane accident
|
Special Constable Joseph Edouard Raymond Cormier
|
RCMP
|
Skaha Lake, British Columbia
|
August 6, 1958
|
Killed in a plane accident
|
Investigator Jean-Davila Lévesque
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Lambton, Quebec
|
September 23, 1958
|
Shot and killed while pursuing a criminal
|
Constable Willis J. Jacob
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Barrie)
|
Highway 11 between
Barrie and
Orillia, Ontario
|
October 3, 1958
|
Killed when the police car he was in was struck by a car driving the wrong way with no headlights on
|
Constable Roger Beaupré
|
Sûreté du Québec (
Sept-Îles)
|
Sept-Îles, Quebec
|
November 10, 1958
|
Died in a traffic accident
|
Constable Calvin R. Fulford
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Ear Falls)
|
Ear Falls, Ontario
|
December 25, 1958
|
Killed by
Thomas Young (mass murderer) alongside 4 others. Young was later hanged in 1959.
|
Constable John Terrence Hoey
|
RCMP
|
Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
November 7, 1959
|
Shot and killed while investigating a complaint
|
Constable Joseph Thor Thompson
|
RCMP
|
Selkirk, Manitoba
|
February 18, 1959
|
Died in Selkirk from injuries received two years prior when his police transport vehicle was struck by the landing gear of a plane at
Lethbridge Airport
|
Constable William Moss
|
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
|
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
March 10, 1959
|
Hit in the head with a pulp log on March 8 while clashing with striking loggers. Died two days later in the hospital.
|
Constable John B. Perkins
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
July 7, 1959
|
Died in a motorcycle accident while on duty
|
Constable Colin Eric Lelliott
|
RCMP
|
Cambridge Bay, N.W.T. (present-day
Nunavut)
|
January 12, 1960
|
Shot and killed while attempting an arrest
|
Émilia Nadeau Samson Morel
|
Sûreté du Québec (
Peace officer)
|
near
Chibougamau, Quebec
|
July 25, 1960
|
Died in a car accident
|
Constable Edward R. Wickens
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Orillia)
|
near
Washago, Ontario
|
May 10, 1960
|
Died after his vehicle was hit by a truck while on duty
|
Constable Jean-Marc Godmer
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Laurentian Mountains near
Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
|
September 22, 1960
|
Died in a plane crash
|
Sergeant Lucien Danis
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Laurentian Mountains near
Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
|
September 22, 1960
|
Died in a plane crash
|
Constable Theodore D. Christiansen
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
March 25, 1961
|
Died in a motorcycle accident while on duty
|
Constable Ronald Arthur Ekstrom
|
RCMP
|
near
Lytton, British Columbia
|
April 22, 1961
|
Died in a car accident
|
Agent Gérard Richard
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Nicolet, Quebec
|
August 12, 1961
|
Hit by a motorist during a traffic stop. Died in the hospital the following day
|
Constable Wayne Sinclair
|
RCMP
|
near
Regina, Saskatchewan
|
September 17, 1961
|
Died from injuries received in a traffic accident
|
Agent Frédeau Simard
|
Sûreté du Québec (
Portneuf)
|
Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf, Quebec
|
October 16, 1961
|
Died in a vehicle accident during a car chase
|
Detective Roger Robidoux
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
January 9, 1962
|
Fatally shot
|
Constable Dennis Winstanley
|
Stamford Township Police
|
Stamford Township, Ontario
|
February 3, 1962
|
Killed by a drunk driver while on duty
|
Constable Frederick Nash
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
February 12, 1962
|
Cst. Nash was killed by a suspect wanted for armed robbery at a traffic stop. Despite being shot four times, Nash managed to withdraw his service revolver and fire back at the suspect hitting him twice. Cst. Nash later died in the hospital.
[40]
|
Constable Elwood Joseph Keck
|
RCMP
|
Knutsford, British Columbia
|
June 18, 1962
|
Killed by 31-year-old George Booth while investigating a complaint
|
Constable Gordon Eric Pedersen
|
RCMP
|
Knutsford, British Columbia
|
June 18, 1962
|
Killed by 31-year-old George Booth while investigating a complaint
|
Constable Donald George Weisgerber
|
RCMP
|
Knutsford, British Columbia
|
June 18, 1962
|
Killed by 31-year-old George Booth while investigating a complaint
|
Constable Archille Octave Maxime Lepine
|
RCMP
|
near
Cloverdale, British Columbia
|
July 19, 1962
|
Died from injuries received in a car accident that occurred while on duty
|
Constable David R. Gregory
|
Hamilton Police Service
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
August 29, 1962
|
Shot and killed by Bruce Griffet with a 16 gauge shotgun. Griffet was then shot and wounded by former police officer George Brewster using Cst. Gregory's weapon, leading to Griffet killing himself with the shotgun. The day prior to this incident Griffet, who was previously institutionalized, bludgeoned his mother and neighbour to death.
[41]
|
Constable Marcel Roch
|
Joliette Police
|
Joliette, Quebec
|
September 1, 1962
|
Cst. Roch died in hospital from wounds he received after being shot by Jacques Poirier, who had ambushed him and other police at a hardware store.
[42]
|
Constable Thomas J. Black
|
Woodstock Police
|
Woodstock, Ontario
|
October 17, 1962
|
Shot and killed while trying to apprehend to escaped patients from a hospital
|
Constable Claude Marineau
|
St-Laurent Police
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
December 14, 1962
|
Killed by 34-year-old bank robber Georges Marcotte using a semi-automatic rifle. Originally given the death penalty, capital punishment was
abolished in Canada in 1976 and so he was given a life sentence instead and was later paroled in 1981.
[43]
|
Constable Denis Brabant
|
St-Laurent Police
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
December 14, 1962
|
Also killed by bank robber George Marcotte in the same incident.
|
Constable Marius Trépanier
|
Sûreté du Québec (
Rimouski)
|
Rimouski, Quebec
|
December 18, 1962
|
Killed while sitting in his patrol car, after being
intentionally hit by a truck, driven with the headlights off by two suspects who were aware that the police were about to arrest them.
|
Constable James Walter Foreman
|
RCMP
|
Sangudo, Alberta
|
April 24, 1963
|
Died from injuries received after being struck by a vehicle while helping a stranded motorist
|
Constable Philippe Mailhot
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
May 10, 1963
|
Killed in a car collision with a pole while on duty
|
Constable Jeffrey Armstrong
|
Ottawa Police Service
|
Ottawa, Ontario
|
May 13, 1963
|
Killed in a friendly fire incident
|
Sergeant Kenneth Morley Laughland
|
RCMP (
Whitehorse)
|
Carmacks, Yukon
|
July 13, 1963
|
Killed after an RCMP
floatplane crashed while attempting to land on the
Yukon River. The plane was transporting a prisoner back to jail in
Whitehorse after he testified in a trial in
Mayo. All 4 Mounties and the 1 prisoner on the plane died.
[44]
|
Corporal Robert William Asbil
|
RCMP (
Whitehorse)
|
Carmacks, Yukon
|
July 13, 1963
|
Killed after an RCMP
floatplane crashed while attempting to land on the
Yukon River. The plane was transporting a prisoner back to jail in
Whitehorse after he testified in a trial in
Mayo.
[44]
|
Constable Proctor Laurence Anthony Malcolm
|
RCMP (
Whitehorse)
|
Carmacks, Yukon
|
July 13, 1963
|
Killed after an RCMP
floatplane crashed while attempting to land on the
Yukon River. The plane was transporting a prisoner back to jail in
Whitehorse after he testified in a trial in
Mayo.
[44]
|
Constable William John David Annand
|
RCMP (
Whitehorse)
|
Carmacks, Yukon
|
July 13, 1963
|
Killed after an RCMP
floatplane crashed while attempting to land on the
Yukon River. The plane was transporting a prisoner back to jail in
Whitehorse after he testified in a trial in
Mayo.
[44]
|
Constable Arthur T. Truman
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
August 3, 1963
|
Killed in a car accident while on duty
|
Constable Patrick C. Armstrong
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Powassan)
|
near
Callander, Ontario
|
September 11, 1963
|
Killed in a car accident while on duty
|
Reserve Inspector Arthur Trentham
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
September 16, 1963
|
Died after being struck by a vehicle in a hit and run
|
Constable Émile Lachance
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Boischatel, Quebec
|
October 3, 1963
|
Killed in a car crash
|
Constable Roy Gilbert Jennex
|
Halifax Regional Police
|
Halifax, Nova Scotia
|
November 29, 1963
|
Ran over by a vehicle while directing traffic
|
Detective Kenneth J. Evans
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
|
November 30, 1963
|
Evans was one of the 118 people killed on board
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 after takeoff. Evans was returning to Toronto after testifying in a murder trial in Quebec
|
Detective Sergeant John H. Bassett
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
|
November 30, 1963
|
Bassett was one of the 118 people killed on board
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 after takeoff. He was returning to Toronto after testifying in a murder trial in Quebec
|
Constable Joseph Pierre Francois Dubois
|
RCMP
|
West of
New Carlisle, Quebec
|
January 3, 1964
|
Died in a car accident while on duty. The cause of the crash was never determined.
|
Constable Walter E. MacAulay
|
Guelph Police Service
|
Guelph, Ontario
|
April 5, 1964
|
Cst. MacAulay died after being dragged from the vehicle of a motorist while trying to arrest them. MacAulay was in plainclothes with his 5-year-old daughter when he went to assist a fellow police officer in the arrest.
[45]
|
Constable Calvin Lamonte Byam
|
Lethbridge Police Service
|
Lethbridge, Alberta
|
June 10, 1964
|
Swept away and drowned during a flood while trying to help people living on an island in the
Oldman River
|
Corporal Ervin Jack Giesbrecht
|
RCMP
|
Grand Rapids, Manitoba
|
June 20, 1964
|
Drowned when his police car lost control and plunged in the
Saskatchewan River
|
Constable Alexander M. Prodan
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Dutton)
|
Rural
Elgin County, Ontario
|
August 30, 1964
|
Died after his car caught fire when it was struck by a vehicle while he was chasing a speeding motorist
|
Corporal David Chénard
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Trois-Pistoles, Quebec
|
October 31, 1964
|
Shot and killed by a mentally ill person
|
Constable Robert Weston Amey
|
RCMP
|
Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador
|
December 17, 1964
|
Shot and killed by an escaping prisoner at the St. John's Penitentiary
|
Constable Reginald W. Williams
|
RCMP
|
Sooke, British Columbia
|
December 19, 1964
|
Drowned when his police car slid on the icy road and plunged into the ocean.
|
Constable Neil McArthur Bruce
|
RCMP
|
Kelowna, British Columbia
|
April 14, 1965
|
Died in the hospital from complications from a bullet wound he received while investigating a complaint in
Westbank.
|
Sergeant Laurier C. Quesnel
|
Sudbury Police
|
Sudbury, Ontario
|
October 14, 1965
|
Shot through the door and killed by Lionel E. Proulx, who they were trying to return to a mental hospital. Proulx was later found to have killed himself.
|
Guy Renaud
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Between
Val d'Or and
Louvicourt, Quebec
|
October 25, 1965
|
Died in a car accident
|
Georges Hélie
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
|
November 6, 1965
|
Died in a car accident
|
Constable Ronald F. Webster
|
Toronto Township Police
|
Toronto Township, Ontario
|
January 18, 1966
|
Died in a car accident
|
Constable Thomas Percy Carroll
|
RCMP
|
Cyril Lake, 44 km SW of
Gillam, Manitoba
|
February 11, 1966
|
Died in a plane crash while on duty
|
Constable John R. Maki
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Rockcliffe)
|
Ottawa, Ontario
|
April 4, 1966
|
Shot and killed with his service weapon by a mental patient he had just admitted to a psychiatric hospital
|
Constable Philip John Francis Tidman
|
RCMP
|
near
Wakaw, Saskatchewan
|
April 20, 1966
|
Killed in a police car accident
[46]
|
Constable Edward Holdsworth
|
Whitchurch Township Police
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
May 15, 1966
|
Died from electrocution
|
Constable Larry Esau
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
June 29, 1966
|
Died in a motorcycle collision
|
Constable Thomas J. Emery
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Downsview)
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
July 25, 1966
|
Died in a motorcycle accident
|
Special Constable Claude Guay
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Hébertville, Quebec
|
September 8, 1966
|
Struck by a train and killed
|
Constable Roger Beausoleil
|
Willow Bunch Police
|
Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan
|
October 20, 1966
|
Cst. Beausoleil was shot and killed by Archie Larocque after being called to a domestic dispute at the house
[47]
|
Constable Gordon Donald Pearson
|
RCMP
|
Winterburn, Alberta
|
November 22, 1966
|
Cst. Pearson was investigating a disturbance in a restaurant when 26-year-old Charles Wilfred Hill entered with a .303 rifle and shot Cst. Pearson and two other men. A bystander tried to speed Pearson to the hospital but he was dead on arrival. The two other men were in critical condition but both recovered. Hill was originally going to be hanged, but appealed and received life in prison instead.
[48]
|
Constable Terry Eugene Tomfohr
|
RCMP
|
Burnaby, British Columbia
|
June 3, 1967
|
Died after falling into a ravine while investigating a complaint late at night in the woods
[49]
|
Corporal Donald Archibald Harvey
|
RCMP
|
Grande Prairie, Alberta
|
June 23, 1967
|
While investigating the murder of Georgine Roberst, Harvey and his partner were ambushed, and Harvey was fatally shot.
|
Chief of Police Donald Martin
|
Acton Vale Police
|
Acton Vale, Quebec
|
June 29, 1967
|
Shot and killed while trying to arrest a robber. Martin also shot the robber who later died as well.
[50]
|
Constable Yves St-Germain
|
Repentigny Police
|
Repentigny, Quebec
|
July 26, 1967
|
Died in a fire at the Repentigny Art Center that also killed a 68-year-old caretaker
[51]
|
Constable Roger St-Jean
|
Repentigny Police
|
Repentigny, Quebec
|
July 29, 1967
|
Died in a fire at the Repentigny Art Center that also killed a 68-year-old caretaker
[52]
|
Constable Robert William Varney
|
RCMP
|
near
Raymond, Alberta
|
August 17, 1967
|
Killed a car accident involving his police car
|
Constable James I. Hamilton
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Listowel)
|
near
Listowel
|
August 19, 1967
|
Shot and killed on a mennonite farm alongside retired Listowel Chief of Police Cully Rocher while pulling up to investigate a domestic incident. The suspect was found to have taken his own life afterwards.
|
Detective Charles Jeary
|
Greenfield Park Police
|
Greenfield Park, Quebec
|
January 25, 1968
|
On January 5, Detective Jeary was inside the Bank of Montreal in Greenfield Park when four hooded men walked in. Producing his service revolver, he told the men to drop their weapons before they opened fire at him with their machine guns. Jeary was hit twice, one blowing off the top of his thumb before entering his side and the other puncturing his liver and lung. Despite this, Jeary managed to return fire, hitting two of the men. One of the men was dragged away to the escape vehicle while the other was kept in a headlock by Jeary until reinforcements arrived. Operations at the hospital to stop Jeary's internal bleeding proved unsuccessful and he passed away 20 days after the incident. Of the four men, three were captured; Gilles Parent, Gilles Bienvenue, and André Ouellette. Only Parent was convicted in Jeary's murder.
[53]
|
Constable Ghyslain Martineau
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Fitch Bay, Quebec
|
March 9, 1968
|
Cst. Martineau collided head first with a van, killing him instantly. Two others were also killed in the crash
|
Detective Sergeant Gilles Jean
|
Montreal Police
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
May 8, 1968
|
Det. Sgt. Jean and his partner entered an apartment following a tip that escaped fugitive Yves Simard was hiding there. When inside, Jean was shot multiple times in the chest by Simard and killed. Simard then turned the gun on himself.
[54]
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Constable Gerald F. Mills
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Whitechurch Township Police
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Vandorf, Ontario
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May 29, 1968
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Struck by a vehicle while on duty
[55]
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Constable Gérard Deschamps
|
Repentigny Police
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Repentigny, Quebec
|
June 9, 1968
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Killed in a motor vehicle accident
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Constable Peter Kirk
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Hawkesbury)
|
Between
L'Orignal and
Alfred,
Ontario
|
June 9. 1968
|
Killed in a motor vehicle accident
|
Constable Samuel E. Ankenmann
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Sebringville)
|
North Easthope Township,
Ontario
|
June 29, 1968
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Killed in a motor vehicle accident
|
Constable André Duhaime
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Cap-de-la-Madeleine,
Quebec
|
July 1, 1968
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Killed in a motor vehicle accident
|
Constable Bradford Browne
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Sudbury)
|
near
Sudbury, Ontario
|
November 13, 1968
|
Killed in a motor vehicle accident
|
Constable Alain Falardeau
|
Sûreté du Québec
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Champlain, Quebec
|
November 27, 1968
|
Killed in a motor vehicle accident
|
Constable James Alexander Kerr
|
RCMP
|
near
Fredericton, New Brunswick
|
December 11, 1968
|
Died in a car accident
|
Constable James Smith
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Peterborough)
|
Snowdon Township,
Ontario
|
December 11, 1968
|
Killed alongside Dtv. Sgt. Chapitis while trying to negotiate with a man who was holding his mother hostage
|
Detective Sergeant Lorne J. Chapitis
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Peterborough)
|
Snowdon Township,
Ontario
|
December 11, 1968
|
Killed alongside Cst. Smith while trying to negotiate with a man who was holding his mother hostage
|
Sergeant John C. McMurich
|
Hamilton Police Service
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
December 22, 1968
|
Beaten and shot with his own gun by a group of 20 people while staking out a house
|
Constable Stan Christie
|
Pointe Claire Police
|
Pointe-Claire,
Quebec
|
December 22, 1968
|
Killed in a motor vehicle accident
|
Constable Helgi Sigurdur Tomasson
|
RCMP
|
near
Sheho, Saskatchewan
|
April 18, 1969
|
Died in a car accident involving a tractor
|
Constable Gilles Boutin
|
SPVM
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
May 12, 1969
|
Killed in an
intentional vehicle strike
|
Corporal Terry Gerrard Williams
|
RCMP
|
near
Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
|
June 8, 1969
|
Drowned in a boat accident
[56]
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Constable Leonard Shakespeare
|
St. Boniface Police
|
St. Boniface,
Manitoba
|
July 18, 1969
|
Shot and killed by Clifford Wicket Lurvey while responding to a burglary call.
|
Constable Robert Carrick
|
Sandwich West Township Police
|
LaSalle, Ontario
|
August 23, 1969
|
Shot and killed by William Rosik while responding to a domestic complaint
|
Constable David Goldsworthy
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
October 5, 1969
|
Killed by Vincenzo Fazzri using a
snub-nosed revolver. His body was found the following day in a field.
|
Corporal Robert Dumas
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
October 7, 1969
|
Killed during the
Murray-Hill riot
|
Constable William R. Rodgers
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Petrolia)
|
near
Strathroy, Ontario
|
February 25, 1970
|
While investigating an accident on
Ontario Highway 22 during a snowstorm, Cst. Rodgers and two good samaritans were struck and killed by a vehicle.
[57]
|
Detective Ronald Houston
|
Winnipeg Police Service
|
Winnipeg, Manitoba
|
June 26, 1970
|
Stabbed with a knife and then shot with his own service revolver by Thomas Mason Shand during a struggle that also wounded Dtv. John DeGroot. Shand was believed to have been the perpetrator of a series of rapes in the Fort Rouge area of Winnipeg and was caught peeping through a window by the two policemen when the fight occurred.
[58]
|
Constable Stefan H. Schultz
|
Ontario Provincial Police (
Brantford)
|
near
Hagersville, Ontario
|
July 19, 1970
|
Cst. Schultz and four others were killed and Cst. Hardman was injured when they were struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run. Cst. Schultz and Cst. Hardman were investigating a liquor offence relating to a group of five people drinking on the side of Brant County Road 20 when the car travelling east hit the seven people on the road at the time, before fleeing. Cst. Hardman lost a leg in the accident and spent nine months in the hospital.
[59] The driver of the vehicle was charged $100 and had his license suspended for six months.
[60]
|
Constable William Joseph Green
|
RCMP
|
Invermere, British Columbia
|
October 4, 1970
|
Killed in a vehicle accident
|
Sergeant Robert J. Schrader
|
RCMP
|
MacDowall, Saskatchewan
|
October 9, 1970
|
Shot and killed by Stanley Wilfred Robertson while investigating a family dispute. Robertson eluded capture and led police and the armed forces on a manhunt until he was found dead in May 1971.
[61]
|
Constable Douglas Bernard Anson
|
RCMP
|
MacDowall, Saskatchewan
|
October 9, 1970
|
Shot and killed by Stanley Wilfred Robertson while investigating a family dispute. Robertson eluded capture and led police and the armed forces on a manhunt until he was found dead in May 1971.
|
Detective Boyd Davidson
|
Calgary Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
December 20, 1974
|
Killed during a siege involving Phillip Laurier Gagnon, who fired hundreds of rounds at police from his hiding spot in a house. Davidson was shot in the neck and died on the spot. The siege ended with the military tearing the house apart, and Gagnon being shot by police.
[62]
|
Staff Sergeant Keith Harrison
|
Calgary Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
March 12, 1976
|
Harrison was shot in the abdomen during a confrontation with 3 robbers, and died during surgery. The robbers ended up taking hostages, with one dying of an overdose and the other two being convicted of murder.
[23]
|
Constable Dennis Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski
|
RCMP
|
Red Deer, Alberta
|
April 6, 1977
|
Killed when thrown off a moving truck while trying to apprehend a criminal
|
Constable Bill Shelever
|
Calgary Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
May 24, 1977
|
Shot in the head and killed after a suspect pulled a gun on him and his partner while they were questioning him
[23]
|
Constable Thomas Brian King
|
RCMP (
Saskatoon)
|
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
|
April 25, 1978
|
Ambushed, tortured, and killed by two local high school students
|
Constable Richard John Sedgwick
|
RCMP
|
near
Airdrie, Alberta
|
August 16, 1980
|
Killed in a car accident involving his police car
|
Constable Allen Gary Giesbrecht
|
RCMP
|
Vegreville, Alberta
|
January 13, 1985
|
Killed while investigating a domestic dispute
|
Special Constable Robert Thomas
|
RCMP Highway Patrol
|
Powerview, Manitoba
|
March 6, 1986
|
S/Cst. Thomas was shot in the back and killed by 46-year-old Edgar Martin Olson on the side of the highway after talking to Olson and his female passenger, assuming that they were out of gas. S/Cst. Thomas and his partner had turned to leave when Olson shot Thomas with a
.303 rifle. S/Cst. Thomas's partner Cst. Gulliford returned fire but was shot and rendered unconscious. Martin and his passenger then drove to the
Fort Alexander Reserve where he took his kids and estranged wife hostage before being overpowered and arrested and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
[63]
|
Corporal Budd Maurice Johanson
|
RCMP
|
near
Lethbridge, Alberta
|
April 4, 1986
|
Killed in a traffic collision
|
Constable Frederick Allen Abel
|
RCMP
|
near
Lethbridge, Alberta
|
April 4, 1986
|
Killed in the same traffic collision
|
Constable Scott Gordon Berry
|
RCMP
|
Clandonald, Alberta
|
June 29, 1986
|
Died after being electrocuted by a live wire while helping an injured person
|
Special Constable Gordon Zigmund Kowalczyk
|
RCMP (
Calgary International Airport Detachment)
|
near
Highway 2 in
Calgary, Alberta
|
January 26, 1987
|
S/Cst Kowalczyk, pursued a vehicle out of Airport property after the vehicle had left a service station in the airport without paying for gas. Kowalczyk was found by other RCMP members on the side of the Highway dead with his revolver missing after being shot with a shotgun. For the murder, Andrew Kay was charged with first degree murder and Linda Bowen was charged with manslaughter. Kowalczyk left behind three children.
[64]
|
Special Constable Nancy Marie Puttkemery
|
RCMP Air Services
|
Crossfield, Alberta
|
December 9, 1989
|
Died in a plane crash during low visibility when the left wing of the aircraft hit a guy wire of a radio tower
|
Special Constable Vincent Norman Timms
|
RCMP Surveillance
|
Crossfield, Alberta
|
December 9, 1989
|
Died in a plane crash during low visibility when the left wing of the aircraft hit a guy wire of a radio tower
|
Constable Rob Vanderwiel
|
Calgary Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
September 22, 1992
|
Shot and killed during a traffic stop
[23]
|
Constable Brent Harold Veefkind
|
RCMP,
Grande Prairie Municipal Detachment
|
Bezanson, Alberta
|
March 11, 1993
|
Killed in a traffic accident while on duty
|
Constable Rick Sonnenberg
|
Calgary Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
October 8, 1993
|
Fatally struck by a speeding suspect while trying to deploy spike strips
|