Peter Christopher Schiemann
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Constable

Peter Christopher Schiemann

Felonious
End of Watch March 3, 2005
Age 25
Gender Male
Division K Division

Incident

Cst. Peter Christopher Schiemann was killed on March 3, 2005 on the property of James Roszko, 11 km north of Rochfort Bridge, northwest of Edmonton near the town of Mayerthorpe, Alberta. Cst. Schiemann was shot and killed, along with RCMP Constables Brock Myrol, Anthony Gordon, and Lionide Johnston, while executing a property seizure on the farm. The Mayerthorpe incident was the worst one-day loss of life for the RCMP in 100 years. As we start 2026, we can look back and note that we have been very fortunate to not have lost anyone in Canada to a Line of Duty Death (LODD) these last two years. Since the launch of the Memorial Rib… 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 …

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

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

Agency

Type Federal Police
Location Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 3, 2005
Age 25
Gender Male
Division K Division

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Incident Location Mayerthorpe, AB

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Peter is one of 67 officers killed feloniously in Canada, 16.8% 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 2005, 6 officers in Canada were killed feloniously, the 2nd heaviest of 21 years on record. The heaviest was 2023, with 7.

Every year on record · Canada
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Who

Peter was 25. Of the 10 killed feloniously in Canada whose age is recorded, half were between 28.3 and 41.5; the middle age was 31.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

March holds 16.4% of these deaths in Canada, more than any other month. Thursdays: 20.9%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 16.8% of all 399 deaths in Canada, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Mayerthorpe, AB

Constable Peter Christopher Schiemann

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch March 3, 2005

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