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The Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society is dedicated to remembering all Police and Peace Officers in Canada who have died while serving their communities.
When an Officer dies “in the line of duty”, protecting the peace and freedoms of this country, his or her death should be honoured nationally and not forgotten.
The Society’s blue and black Memorial Ribbon has become recognized across Canada as the national symbol of mourning for Police and Peace Officers. The Society is working to establish the Ribbon as an international symbol of mourning for fallen heroes.
The purpose of the Society, through this website, is to raise funds through donations and the sale of related merchandise so that the Society can continue its mission of assisting grieving families, helping to establish memorials and monuments, and providing scholarships to the children of fallen Police and Peace Officers.
Why We Remember
View a short video, narrated by Chaplain Jim Turner (Chaplain to the VPD, RCMP, and Delta Police Departments), on the importance of the annual Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial and the impact it has on the families, colleagues and friends of the fallen.
Terrie Philp, daughter of fallen officer Reserve Inspector Stan Trenthan (VPD) and Constable Noelle Wilson (VPD), daughter of fallen RCMP Constable James Wilson, talk about when they lost their fathers in the line of duty.
Video courtesy of the Vancouver Police Department and the BC Law Enforcement Memorial
2025 Annual Memorial Ribbon Scholarship Golf Tournament – Friday August 8, 2025
The 2025 Annual Memorial Ribbon Scholarship Golf Tournament fundraiser will be held Friday August 8, 2025. The Tournament will be hosted at the Greentee Country Club Westwood Plateau (formally Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club), and will help raise $25,000 for the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship.
Most Recent Line Of Duty Deaths
Cst. Rick O’Brien
September 22, 2023
Gunshot
RCMP Ridge Meadows
On September 22, 2023 at approximately 10:00 AM, Ridge Meadows RCMP Constable Rick O’Brien was shot and killed while executing a search warrant on a residence in Coquitlam, BC. Constable Rick O...
Det.-Cst. Steven Tourangeau
May 29, 2023
Motor Vehicle Incident
Ontario Provincial Police
On Monday May 29, 2023 just before 7:00 AM, Detective Constable Steven Tourangeau, of the Ontario Provincial Police, was driving an unmarked police vehicle when he was involved in a motor vehicle inci...
Sgt. Eric Mueller
May 11, 2023
Gunshot
Ontario Provincial Police
On Thursday May 11, 2023 at approximately 2:00 AM Russell County Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Eric Mueller, along with two other officers, were dispatched to a disturbance at a home on Laval Street,...
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