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Tumbleweed Spirits Craft Distillery has created a very limited run of ‘Final Salute’ 10-7 Edition Rye Whisky. Only 107 bottles were created of this special 10-7 edition.

“10-7” in police communications signifies that an office or unit is out of service, meaning they are not available for duty or responding to calls. At funerals / memorials for officers killed in the line of duty, as part of the service, the agency will do a radio call for the fallen officer, calling him 10-7, no longer available for duty.

Each bottle is being UV printed, making them a true collectors item. UV printing is a digital inkjet technology that uses special UV-curable inks, which dry when exposed to ultraviolet light.

A portion of each bottle sold will be donated to the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship, created for the children of officers killed in the line of duty. To purchase, please visit https://tumbleweedspirits.com/collections/all/products/10-7-final-salute-1.

Photo: Memorial Ribbon Society Directors Shawn Coady & James Pearson with Tumbleweed Spirits Co-Owner Mike Patterson

Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society Directors Shawn Coady and James Pearson recently present the co-owner of Tumbleweed Spirits Craft Distillery, Mike Patterson, with a framed print ‘Salute to Our Fallen Heroes’ for their support and generous donation towards the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship.

At the beginning of 2025, Tumbleweed Distillery created the limited edition single malt whisky ‘Final Salute’ for the Society, with money from each sale going towards the Scholarship. By November of this year, two runs of the whisky were sold out, and Mike presented a large donation cheque to the Scholarship. The money raised will go directly to the children of fallen officers towards post secondary education.

Photo: Memorial Ribbon Society Chaplain Jim Turner & Daughter Anita McCarthy

The Memorial Ribbon Society has received some tough news about our Chaplain, Jim Turner. In late September, Jim was diagnosed with bladder cancer; a few weeks ago, after several tests and a few of short hospital stays for falls / infections, it was discovered that Jim’s cancer has spread to his bones and lungs and is now at Stage 4.

Jim’s case is quite complicated and his medical team is not sure how much time he may have. He was supposed to start radiation treatment on December 2, but things didn’t happen as planned and he is now supposed to go in December 5 for his first radiation treatment.

Jim is at Langley Memorial Hospital getting the treatments to help fight his cancer. His daughter has been providing updates on Jim’s status on Facebook, but if you wish to leave some encouraging words or memories please send them to sendthemccarthys@gmail.com.

Jim is not taking visitors for now as he deals with the treatment side effects. Jim’s daughter Anita McCarthy and family live in Papua New Guinea and a ‘Go Fund Me’ page has been started to try and get them home, at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-anita-and-her-family-home.

Please pray for some rest and strength for Jim as he goes through this fight.

Earlier in 2025, Tumbleweed Spirits Craft Distillery’s co-owner Mike Patterson, reached out to the Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society with the idea of creating a whisky for the Society. After some consultation, the single malt whisky ‘Final Salute’ was created and sold across Canada. A portion out of each sale was donated to the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship created for the children of officers killed in the line of duty.

The first run of ‘Final Salute’ sold out in a matter of weeks, with Tumbleweed Distillery making a second run of the whisky in the Summer. This run has now also sold out.

The ‘Final Salute’ single malt whisky was a huge success with a large donation being given to the Society. Tumbleweed Spirits has agreed to continue making ‘Final Salute’ in 2026, with the first run being available online starting in mid February 2026. We will let everyone know when it can be purchased through Tumbleweed’s online store.

Thank you to all those that made this such a success.

End of the Grain Woodwork has partnered with the Police and Peace Officers Memorial Ribbon Society and will be making a wood Ribbon Wall Plaque as well as wood Ribbon Ornaments, available for purchase online on the End of the Grain Woodwork website.

End of the Grain Woodwork was created by Peter Froh, an active serving Municipal Constable in Saskatchewan. Peter is forever grateful for the support he has received from fellow law enforcement officers and wishes to give back to the community. He has taken the Memorial Ribbon and created a beautiful Wall Plaque and an Ornament, with a portion of each sale being donated to the Society. These wood products look amazing, and the Society is proud to partner with End of the Grain Woodwork. Thank you Peter!

On June 4, 2014 one of Canada’s worst tragedies occurred when three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were shot and killed in Moncton, New Brunswick, with two other officers injured, by a heavily armed lone gunman. One of the three officers killed was Constable Fabrice Gevaudan, who was married with a step-daughter, Emma Gevaudan. Emma was 11 years old when her step-dad died.

When Emma turned 18, she was accepted to attend St. Andrews University in Scotland, studying for a degree in Neuroscience. She applied for and received support from the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship for her four years in the UK. Recently we received an email from Emma stating that he has graduated from St. Andrews with a BSc with Honours, and was awarded the Dean’s List. Emma’s goal is to obtain her Masters in Neuroscience at University College in London (UK), with aims to pursue further studies in the neurological effects of PTSD, and to help develop treatment methods for first responders and the military. The Police & Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society is very proud of Emma’s accomplishments.

To date, the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship has awarded over $350,000 towards scholarship recipients, supporting 30 children of fallen officers, with 14 having graduated. None of this would be possible if not for the generous support of the law enforcement community and the Canadian public.

To donate to the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship, visit https://www.memorialribbon.org/donate/.

Despite the Memorial Ribbon Society’s 2025 golf tournament having had to be cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control, the Society received a number of donations from several agencies who had intended to sponsor the event. These agencies informed us that although the golf tournament couldn’t happen, they still wanted to direct their sponsor dollars to to the Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society’s Memorial Ribbon Scholarship fund. We would like to thank the following for their generous donations:

• Quebec Police Association/ Association des policières et policiers provinciaux du Québec – Silver Sponsors
• Ambulance Paramedics & Emergency Dispatchers of BC – Bronze Sponsors
• Calgary Police Association – Hole Sponsors
• Surrey Police Union – Hole Sponsors
• Abbotsford Police Union – Hole Sponsors

We would also like to thank organizations who donated products for our tournament auction. We hope to to able to run the golf tournament again next year, and we will keep everyone informed through our website (www.memorialribbon.org) and through our social media channels. Thank you everyone for your support.

The Canadian Police Ceremonial Training Course held its annual course at the Ontario Police College during the week of June 23-26, 2025. Before the mess dinner, the instructor staff stood before the Wall of Honour with a bottle of ‘Final Salute’, a new limited-edition single malt whisky crafted by Tumbleweed Distillery, and remembered those who sacrificed all.

Pictured in the photo are training course staff.

‘Final Salute’ is desert-aged, 100% malted barley and matured over 5 years and showcases a strong oaky character with notes of vanilla, cinnamon, and caramel flavours of the whisky. $20 out of every bottle sold of the run of 500 will result in a total donation of $10,000 to the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship in support of the children of our fallen heroes.

Bottles are available for purchase online with shipping available anywhere in Canada.

Course Directors: Staff Sergeant James Waugh, York Regional Police; Inspector Rob Patterson, Calgary Police Service; and Sergeant Manny Montero, Oak Bay Police Department

Tumbleweed Distillery, based in Osoyoos BC, has created a new limited-edition single malt whisky called ‘Final Salute’, with proceeds going to support the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship. $20 out of every bottle sold of the run of 500 will result in a total donation of $10,000 to the Scholarship.

Bottles are available for purchase online with shipping available anywhere in Canada.

‘Final Salute’ is desert-aged, 100% malted barley and matured over 5 years and showcases a strong oaky character with notes of vanilla, cinnamon, and caramel flavours of the whisky.

On average, Canada loses three police and peace officers in the line of duty per year. Officers from all across Canada and other nations attend funerals as a sign of respect to the officer and their sacrifice. It also shows the family that the officer did not die in vain and will always be remembered. During these funerals / memorials there is typically a toast to the fallen; this is a special tradition, normally held after the event, where those officers that continue the fight take a moment to remember and honour the sacrifice of the fallen officer with a toast using a fine whisky. This amazing partnership with Tumbleweed Distillery will go a long way to support the children of these fallen heroes. Thank you Mike Patterson, Jaime Crain and all the staff from Tumbleweed Distillery.

Whenever an officer is killed in the line of duty, the Memorial Ribbon Society begins the sobering task of sending out Memorial Ribbons across Canada. Later, when the time is appropriate, the Society also presents prints and plaques to the families and affected agency to help ensure that the officers are never forgotten.

It has been over a year since two Edmonton Police Service officers were killed in the line of duty. In Early September, Society President Shawn Coady and Scholarship Director James Pearson attended the Edmonton Police Service to present the framed print ‘Salute to our Fallen Heroes’ to the families of fallen officers Constable Brett Ryan and Constable Travis Jordan. Deputy Chief Constable Warren Driechel (acting Chief Constable), Deputy Chief Constable Devin Laforce, and Staff Sergeant Gregg Scott accepted the prints on behalf of the families.

The Society also presented memorial plaques to the Deputy Chief Constables for display within the Edmonton Police Service building, ensuring members will always remember these two fallen heroes.

The Memorial Ribbon Society has introduced a new peaked hat for sale in its online store at https://www.memorialribbon.org/store/. The hat is a Flex Fit Delta peaked hat, with the Memorial Ribbon logo centred on the front – simple but easily recognizable. The hat comes in two sizes (SM/M and L/XL) and sells for $40, with all proceeds going towards the six objectives of the Society, chief among them assisting the families of fallen Police and Peace Officers in dealing with their grief, establishing memorials for fallen Police and Peace Officers, and providing scholarships to students of the fallen.

Purchase your hat online at https://www.memorialribbon.org/store/.

Direct Auctions has committed to a fundraising drive that will auction many items throughout 2024 specifically for the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship. 100% of the funds raised from these auctioned items will directly benefit the children of police and peace officers who have been killed in the line of duty.

Auctions with items marked for the Society will occur every Saturday throughout the year. We encourage our supporters to visit Direct Auctions to view these items and place a bid.

Earlier this week, the Owner and President of Direct Liquidation, Mr. Jeff Swartz, presented the first cheque for $2,400 to the Police and Peace Officers Memorial Ribbon Society’s Vice President Ross Gulkison and Director Ray Gardner.

We want to thank Jeff, Maryll Dreyer and all the staff at Direct Liquidation for their generous support, and for providing this amazing opportunity to raise funds for the Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society throughout 2024.

On the anniversary of the line of duty deaths of two Edmonton police officers (Constable Brett Ryan and Constable Travis Jordan), The Donut Man in Crossfield Alberta held a fundraiser with their Memorial Ribbon donuts. The Donut Man raised $1,500 which they donated to the Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society Scholarship. The photo shows The Donut Man owner Charlotte turning over a cheque to Director / Scholarship Chair James Pearson and President Shawn Coady.

The scholarship was created so that the children of fallen officers can attend a post secondary institution anywhere they wish. To date, the Memorial Ribbon Scholarship has supported 29 children of fallen officers, with the scholarship writing cheques totalling over $350,000 since 2011.

Charlotte and The Donut Man plan on making this an annual fundraiser event. Thank you Charlotte for all your support!