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Joseph Eddy Mario Tessier
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Constable

Joseph Eddy Mario Tessier

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch December 27, 1985
Age 30
The Vigil Panel 288 · Column 3 · Line 7 ›
Gender Male
Division E, A & HQ Divisions
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Cst. Tessier was born in Joliette, Quebec. He served in British Columbia and then transferred to Ottawa. Cst. Tessier was on his way to work when he stopped to help a man who had put his vehicle in the ditch. The man got into Cst. Tessier’s vehicle and shot him. Cst. Tessier was married to Sylvie and they had a daughter and a son. He is buried in the graveyard near the Catholic church in Joliette, QC. Constable Joseph Eddy Mario Tessier Inscription on Grave marker Photo of JOSEPH EDDY MARIO TESSIER Photo of JOSEPH EDDY MARIO TESSIER

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

— 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 December 27, 1985
Age 30
Gender Male
Division E, A & HQ Divisions
Born Joliette, Québec

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Joliette, QC

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Joseph 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.

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Who

Joseph was 30. 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.

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When

December holds 9.7% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Fridays: 20.5%.

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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, Joseph among them.

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Where

Joliette, QC

Constable Joseph Eddy Mario Tessier

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch December 27, 1985

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