Ningeoseak Etidloi
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Special Constable

Ningeoseak Etidloi

Undetermined
End of Watch November 12, 1979
Age 41
The Vigil Panel 216 ›
Gender Male
Division Cape Dorset, NWT

Incident

S/Cst. Etidloi had recently been transferred to Cape Dorset from Clyde River. He just moved there with his family and their food was running low. A member from the detachment needed to go to Kiugak Ashoona and S/Cst. Etidloi was one of the few locals who knew how to get there. S/Cst. Etidloi wanted to do some walrus hunting along the way. He drowned, when the boat he was on (with three others) was engulfed in nearly blizzard conditions. S/Cst. Etidloi was married to Kooyuke and they had two children. S/Cst. Etidloi’s body was never found. Special Constable Ningeoseak Etidloi Special Constable Ningeoseak Etidloi Special Constable Ningeoseak Etidloi Click here to view in full screen In the Books of Remembrance

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

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch November 12, 1979
Age 41
Gender Male
Division Cape Dorset, NWT

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Special Constable Ningeoseak Etidloi is one of 1 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In ON, 266 of 364 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 73.1% of this state's fallen. That is 73.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

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
266
of 364 officers
73.1% Undetermined
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ningeoseak Etidloi's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Ningeoseak Etidloi Compares

Age at Death
41
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 34.2 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Ningeoseak Etidloi is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
30
Feb
17
Mar
23
Apr
27
May
30
Jun
35
Jul
32
Aug
30
Sep
24
Oct
32
Nov
23
Dec
31