Chris Garrett

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Felonious

End of Watch May 15, 2004

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

Cst. Chris Garrett an 18-year veteran of policing, 13 years with the Cobourg Police Service, was killed in the line of duty in the early morning hours of May 15, 2004. The investigation has revealed that approximately 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning, Cst. Garrett responded to a 911 call that an individual had been robbed in the parking lot of the old Cobourg hospital at the intersection of Darcy and Chapel Streets. While Cst. Garrett questioned the individual, two other Cobourg officers who had attended the call began a search of the area for a suspect in the reported robbery. Shortly afterwards, additional 911 calls were received at the Cobourg Police Service reporting gun shots were heard at this location. The officers immediately returned to Cst. Garrett’s last location and found him fatally wounded in the parking lot. Const. Garrett is the first Cobourg police officer to die in the line of duty and is survived by his wife Denise, his stepdaughter Britany, and his son Ben. 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 …

Survivors

Garrett is the first Cobourg police officer to die in the line of duty and is survived by his wife Denise, his stepdaughter Britany, and his son Ben.

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

— 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 May 15, 2004

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Chris Garrett is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ON, 75 of 334 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 22.5% of this state's fallen. That is 31.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 75 of 333 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 22.5% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

of 333 officers

22.5% Felonious

ON — Statewide

of 334 officers

22.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious