a few notes for a potential article on he first policewoman killed on duty in Canada. Note that individual may not be notable (one event) but the incident may be notable since it was the first killing of a policewoman. Life-long resident of Roxboro, Quebec (now part of Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal)
First policewoman killed on duty in Canada. Died 26 October 1985, Dorval, Quebec when shot by Réal Poirier https://spvm.qc.ca/fr/Pages/Decouvrir-le-SPVM/Musee-de-la-police/In-Memoriam-/Jacinthe-Fyfe [1] [2] (same page but diff article) The killer was acquitted by reason of insanity for the crime.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19851129&id=8CAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E6YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1240,6292333&hl=en found fit to stand trial but was later acquitted on the basis of temporary insanity. accused of first degree murder https://www.fppm.qc.ca/risques_du_metier.php?policier=12
a mandatory life sentence if convicted. Poirier was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination to determine whether or not he is fit to stand trial https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1985/11/11/national-notes
Real a resident of St-Zotique. acquitted "last monday" so April 14, Guy D’Aoust l'Echo (Tuesday) april 15 1986 "Réal Poirier est acquitté" Acted normally until Oct 23, 3 days prior to killing, incident with boxer Alex Hilton resulted in strong paranoia, delirium, possible auditory and visual hallucinations . Acquitted, kept in Pinel for psychiatric treatment http://archives.ville.vaudreuil-dorion.qc.ca/Microfilm/ECHO/Bobine30/1986/A30_No15.pdf
Non- WP:RS suggest killer may have spent less than 1 year incarcerated in Pinel Institute for the Criminally Insane. http://coolopolis.blogspot.ca/2016/03/dorval-cop-killer-real-poirier-did-he.html
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19851029&id=pBUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-6UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1093,4160482&hl=en Montreal Gazette Oct 29 85, full civic funeral, Poirier disturbed, asked walkers to call police for him, hid, shot at trunk of police car to alert police after car passed him by (hiding in bushes
La loi prévoit une peine de prison à perpétuité sans possibilité de libération avant 25 ans pour les assassins de policiers.
Le meurtre d'un policier dans l'exercice de ses fonctions est un facteur tellement aggravant que le législateur l'a mis dans la loi automatiquement considéré comme un meurtre au 1er degré, sans que la poursuite n'ait à démontrer la préméditation. http://fr.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/imprimer.cgi?id=282567
second Montreal area female officer killed was: Officer Odette Pinard shot on Nov. 11, 1995 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/female-officer-25-shot-dead-in-quebec/article18254913/
Le nom du parc Jacynthe-Fyfe de Roxboro honore sa mémoire. 11 Ave and Jean Brillant (immediately S of tracks)
26 octobre 2005, a monument in her memory in Dorval http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fyfe_(Jacynthe) "Le parc de la Paix, à Dorval, a été choisi comme endroit commémoratif pour la sérénité qu’il inspire à ses visiteurs. Un monument de granit et un chêne ont été élevés en l’honneur de madame Fyfe." https://www.fppm.qc.ca/medias/publications/Ensemble_2005_2006.pdf Oak tree in Peace Park Arboretum
also on a wall of fallen Canadian (Quebec?) officers didn't grab url but should b eno problem. Numerous online memorials also.
2020: building named for her in Dorval https://montreal.ca/toponymie/toponymes/edifice-jacinthe-fyfe
http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/lapresse/src/cahiers/1986/04/09/01/82812_1986040901.pdf LaPresse Apr 9 86 (onj BANQ site) Not guilty by reason of insanity
better to use English source https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19860409&id=9FgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q6gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1048,4109814&hl=en Montreal Gazette Apr 9 86 . Decision "yesterday" temporary insanity, detained indefinitely in a hospital for the criminally insane
20 yr reflection La Presse but on que gov archives site here http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/lapresse/src/pages/2005/10/27/A/82812_20051027LPA10.pdf
birth date 1960-07-15 (listed as roxboro on one site) https://thememorial.ca/memorial/index/honourrollprofile?hid=198 (dead link) [2]
Badge #2588, http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB28V_Constable_Jacinthe_Fyfe_Memorial_Dorval_Quebec
foreign wikipedia has her park https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Jacinthe-Fyfe
graduated John XXIII Dorval John XXIII HS, Dorval Qc Reunion 69-74 May 18th, 2013 http://johnxiiireunion69-74.weebly.com/alumni.html
Funeral at Mary Queen of Peace Roxboro attended by 1500 officers from across North America https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19851031&id=DF8zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tO8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3224,5426151&hl=en Ottawa Citizen Oct 31, died Sat 26, funeral on Wed, so Oct 30 some muttering about bringing back capital punishment http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-11-01/news/0340180224_1_fyfe-fit-to-stand-police-cruiser Orlando Nov 1 A bit of personal knowledge here... town's population was probably only about 6000 then... don't think it was ever over 8000 even in the peak years before Bill 101, demographic shift, and the English exodus
The incident is mentioned many times over the years in Canadian media concerning police deaths.
- ^ Jannigan, Karen; Morin, Eloise (28 October 1985). "MUC Officer First Policewoman Killed". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ a b Jannigan, Karen (28 October 1985). "Officers Mourn Gutsy Colleague". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
a few notes for a potential article on he first policewoman killed on duty in Canada. Note that individual may not be notable (one event) but the incident may be notable since it was the first killing of a policewoman. Life-long resident of Roxboro, Quebec (now part of Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal)
First policewoman killed on duty in Canada. Died 26 October 1985, Dorval, Quebec when shot by Réal Poirier https://spvm.qc.ca/fr/Pages/Decouvrir-le-SPVM/Musee-de-la-police/In-Memoriam-/Jacinthe-Fyfe [1] [2] (same page but diff article) The killer was acquitted by reason of insanity for the crime.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19851129&id=8CAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E6YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1240,6292333&hl=en found fit to stand trial but was later acquitted on the basis of temporary insanity. accused of first degree murder https://www.fppm.qc.ca/risques_du_metier.php?policier=12
a mandatory life sentence if convicted. Poirier was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination to determine whether or not he is fit to stand trial https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1985/11/11/national-notes
Real a resident of St-Zotique. acquitted "last monday" so April 14, Guy D’Aoust l'Echo (Tuesday) april 15 1986 "Réal Poirier est acquitté" Acted normally until Oct 23, 3 days prior to killing, incident with boxer Alex Hilton resulted in strong paranoia, delirium, possible auditory and visual hallucinations . Acquitted, kept in Pinel for psychiatric treatment http://archives.ville.vaudreuil-dorion.qc.ca/Microfilm/ECHO/Bobine30/1986/A30_No15.pdf
Non- WP:RS suggest killer may have spent less than 1 year incarcerated in Pinel Institute for the Criminally Insane. http://coolopolis.blogspot.ca/2016/03/dorval-cop-killer-real-poirier-did-he.html
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19851029&id=pBUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-6UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1093,4160482&hl=en Montreal Gazette Oct 29 85, full civic funeral, Poirier disturbed, asked walkers to call police for him, hid, shot at trunk of police car to alert police after car passed him by (hiding in bushes
La loi prévoit une peine de prison à perpétuité sans possibilité de libération avant 25 ans pour les assassins de policiers.
Le meurtre d'un policier dans l'exercice de ses fonctions est un facteur tellement aggravant que le législateur l'a mis dans la loi automatiquement considéré comme un meurtre au 1er degré, sans que la poursuite n'ait à démontrer la préméditation. http://fr.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/imprimer.cgi?id=282567
second Montreal area female officer killed was: Officer Odette Pinard shot on Nov. 11, 1995 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/female-officer-25-shot-dead-in-quebec/article18254913/
Le nom du parc Jacynthe-Fyfe de Roxboro honore sa mémoire. 11 Ave and Jean Brillant (immediately S of tracks)
26 octobre 2005, a monument in her memory in Dorval http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fyfe_(Jacynthe) "Le parc de la Paix, à Dorval, a été choisi comme endroit commémoratif pour la sérénité qu’il inspire à ses visiteurs. Un monument de granit et un chêne ont été élevés en l’honneur de madame Fyfe." https://www.fppm.qc.ca/medias/publications/Ensemble_2005_2006.pdf Oak tree in Peace Park Arboretum
also on a wall of fallen Canadian (Quebec?) officers didn't grab url but should b eno problem. Numerous online memorials also.
2020: building named for her in Dorval https://montreal.ca/toponymie/toponymes/edifice-jacinthe-fyfe
http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/lapresse/src/cahiers/1986/04/09/01/82812_1986040901.pdf LaPresse Apr 9 86 (onj BANQ site) Not guilty by reason of insanity
better to use English source https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19860409&id=9FgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q6gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1048,4109814&hl=en Montreal Gazette Apr 9 86 . Decision "yesterday" temporary insanity, detained indefinitely in a hospital for the criminally insane
20 yr reflection La Presse but on que gov archives site here http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/lapresse/src/pages/2005/10/27/A/82812_20051027LPA10.pdf
birth date 1960-07-15 (listed as roxboro on one site) https://thememorial.ca/memorial/index/honourrollprofile?hid=198 (dead link) [2]
Badge #2588, http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB28V_Constable_Jacinthe_Fyfe_Memorial_Dorval_Quebec
foreign wikipedia has her park https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Jacinthe-Fyfe
graduated John XXIII Dorval John XXIII HS, Dorval Qc Reunion 69-74 May 18th, 2013 http://johnxiiireunion69-74.weebly.com/alumni.html
Funeral at Mary Queen of Peace Roxboro attended by 1500 officers from across North America https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19851031&id=DF8zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tO8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3224,5426151&hl=en Ottawa Citizen Oct 31, died Sat 26, funeral on Wed, so Oct 30 some muttering about bringing back capital punishment http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-11-01/news/0340180224_1_fyfe-fit-to-stand-police-cruiser Orlando Nov 1 A bit of personal knowledge here... town's population was probably only about 6000 then... don't think it was ever over 8000 even in the peak years before Bill 101, demographic shift, and the English exodus
The incident is mentioned many times over the years in Canadian media concerning police deaths.
- ^ Jannigan, Karen; Morin, Eloise (28 October 1985). "MUC Officer First Policewoman Killed". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ a b Jannigan, Karen (28 October 1985). "Officers Mourn Gutsy Colleague". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2 February 2016.