Media Advisory - 32nd National Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Service on
Parliament Hill
Constable Alan Hack - July 6, 2009 (Ontario Provincial Police, Elgin County) Constable James L. Lundblad - May 5, 2009 (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Alberta) Constable Éric Lavoie - September 8, 2008 (Laval Police Service) Other historical names that were added this year are: Forest Officer Donat F. Lalonde, June 29, 1988 (Department of Forestry, Lands and Wildlife-Alberta Forest Services) Constable Jean-Claude Phoenix, March 31, 1978 (Saint John Police Service) Constable Charles-Édouard Denis, July 20, 1958 (St-Joseph de Sorel Municipal Police Service) Constable Frank Hare, June 2, 1951 (Port Dover Police)
Their names are forever etched on the glass panels erected along the perimeter wall adjacent to the Memorial Pavilion which now totals 751 fallen officers. The Service is a lasting tribute to the sacrifice of those brave men and women. "THEY ARE OUR HEROES, WE SHALL NOT FORGET THEM".
In 1998, the federal government officially proclaimed the last Sunday of each September as Police and Peace Officers' National
The Canadian Police and Peace Officers Annual Memorial Service is organized by the Canadian Police Association (CPA), the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) and the Canadian Peace Officers' Memorial Association (CPOMA). CPA
The 32nd National Memorial Service has been scheduled as follows: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00a.m. Reading of the entire Honour Roll of fallen officers at the Memorial Pavilion on Parliament Hill, West Corner. 10:00 a.m. Prelude by police choirs (steps in front of the Peace Tower). 10:20a.m. Police and Peace Officers' Parade proceeds to Parliament Hill from Supreme Court of Canada, corner of Kent and Wellington. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Memorial Service on Parliament Hill.
Pictures of the fallen officers are available at http://www.cpa-acp.ca /English/memorial
Members of the media are invited to set up in their designated area (West side of the steps in front of the Peace Tower) before
All inquiries or requests for interviews with Memorial spokespersons or family members of fallen officers are to be directed to
Members of Parliament and Senators are invited to the reserved seating section.
For further information: For further information: Pierre Collin, Communications Officer, Canadian Police Association, Tel.: (613) 231-4168/Cell: (613) 299-6516
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