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Allen Garry Giesbrecht
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Constable

Allen Garry Giesbrecht

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch January 13, 1985
Age 32
The Vigil Panel 285 · Column 4 · Line 8 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Cst. Giesbrecht was shot between the two panels on the sides of his vest. He was married to Susan and they had two sons. His funeral was attended by 1800 police officers and 750 civilians in Slave Lake, AB. Constable Allen Gary Giesbrecht Inscription on Grave marker Constable Allen Gary Giesbrecht Constable Allen Gary Giesbrecht

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Garry Giesbrecht served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Garry Giesbrecht.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Type Federal Police
Location Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 13, 1985
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Slave Lake, AB

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Allen is one of 308 officers lost to causes not yet determined in Canada, 77.2% of the 399 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1985, 3 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, the 38th heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

Every year on record · Canada
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Who

Allen was 32. Of the 284 lost to causes not yet determined in Canada whose age is recorded, half were between 26 and 41; the middle age was 32.

Age at death
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When

January holds 8.1% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Sundays: 9.1%.

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How

Undetermined deaths account for 77.2% of all 399 deaths in Canada, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Canadian Mounted Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Allen among them.

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Where

Slave Lake, AB

Constable Allen Garry Giesbrecht

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch January 13, 1985

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