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Constable

3/Cst. John Terrence Hoey

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Undetermined

End of Watch November 7, 1958

Age 21

The Vigil Panel 216 ›

Gender Male

Division B Division

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

3/Cst. Hoey wanted to be a police officer all his life. He was devoted to his church and helped build the St. Anne’s Church in Peterborough. Unfortunately, the very first funeral held at the church was his own. He was shot while investigating a complaint at Botwood, Newfoundland. 3/Cst. Hoey was only three weeks out of training when he was killed. He is buried in St. Peter’s Cemetery in Peterborough, Ontario. Third Class Constable John Terrence Hoey Photo of JOHN TERRENCE HOEY Third Class Constable John Terrence Hoey

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

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

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Location ON

Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 7, 1958

Age 21

Gender Male

Division B Division

Born April 4, 1937

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Incident Location Peterborough, ON

Constable 3/Cst. John Terrence Hoey is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ON, 236 of 334 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 69.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.

At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

236

of 333 officers

70.9% Undetermined

ON — Statewide

236

of 334 officers

70.7% Undetermined

Nationwide

260

of 32,508 officers

0.8% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. 3/Cst. John Terrence Hoey's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How 3/Cst. John Terrence Hoey Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. 3/Cst. John Terrence Hoey is highlighted in Nov.

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Incident Location

Peterborough, ON.

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