Parade, ceremony being held to honour Nova Scotia's peace officers who died in the line of duty on Sunday

The 44th Fallen Peace Officers’ Memorial Parade to honour officers who died in the line of duty will take place Sunday in Halifax.

Peace officers, first responders, civilian employees, military personnel and volunteers will march from police headquarters on Gottingen Street to Grand Parade at 12:45 p.m.

The ceremony will take place at the Nova Scotia Fallen Peace Officers’ Monument, located outside city hall. Dignitaries will deliver remarks and then wreaths will be laid by peace officers, dignitaries and family members in memory of those who died in the line of duty.

“We look forward to gathering this Sunday with peace officers from across Nova Scotia to honour those who have lost their lives in the line of duty,” said Halifax Regional Police Chief Don MacLean.

“Each year, the youngest officer in the province has the solemn responsibility of reading the names of the fallen. Each name represents a life cut short, and a loss that continues to be felt by family, friends, colleagues and communities.”

Five officers and one correctional services officer have been killed in the line of duty this year in Canada.

“This year has been especially difficult for the Canadian policing community with several line-of-duty deaths across the country,” said MacLean.

“While Sunday’s ceremony is provincial, those officers and their loved ones will be on our minds as well.”

• Const. Mathew Gardner, Halifax City Police Department, Nov. 5, 1861
• Const. Charles R. Fulton, Halifax City Police Department, July 14, 1924
• Game warden A. Harrison Eisenhauer, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forest, Dec. 12, 1931
• Const. Richard Holland Tufts, Halifax Harbor Commission Police, Feb. 25, 1935
• Engineer Third Class Daniel E. Gillis, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, March 26, 1941
• Lt. Cmdr. John W. Bonner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sept. 11, 1942
• Const. Simon F. Fisher, Canadian National Railway Police, Feb. 1, 1947
• Const. Murdock J. MacDonald, Sydney City Police Department, Sept. 3, 1948
• Const. Carl F. Wilson, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sept. 9, 1948
• Const. John C. Johnson, Truro Police Department, Dec. 14, 1950
• Const. Henry C.A. Chandler, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, June 15, 1956
• Const. John W. McNutt, Halifax City Police Department, Nov. 29, 1962
• Const. Roy G. Jennex, Halifax City Police Department, Nov. 29, 1963
• Game warden Austin W. L. Letcher, Nova Scotia Department of Lands & Forest, Oct. 18, 1967
• Cpl. Terry G. Williams, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, June 8, 1969
• Cpl. Eric W. Spicer, Dartmouth City Police Department Dec. 23, 1975
• Game warden Donald C. Wood, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forest, Sept. 9, 1988
• Const. J.E.A. Claude Gagne, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sept. 6, 1995
• Sgt. Derek C. Burkholder, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, June 14, 1996
• Correctional officer Arnold H. Harrison, Correctional Service Canada, Jan. 28, 1997
• Const. François (Frank) J. L. Carrière, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Nov. 30, 1997
• Const. Sigurd Holtan, Halifax Regional Police, Oct. 14, 2000
• Sgt. Mark C. W. Gallagher, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Jan. 12, 2010
• Chief Myles Frederick Burke, Cape Breton Regional Police Service, April 9, 2011
• Const. Francis (Frank) Deschenes, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sept. 12, 2017
• Officer Anthony (Tony) Borovsky, Compliance and Special Investigations, Service Nova Scotia, Feb. 23, 2018
• Const. Heidi Stevenson, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, April 19, 2020