Steve Dery

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Felonious

End of Watch March 2, 2013

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

On Saturday March 2, 2013, Cst. Steve Dery, a 3 year member of the Kativik Regional Police Force in Northern Quebec was shot and killed while responding to a domestic dispute. His partner was wounded in the shoot-out. Cst. Dery, 27 years, was responding to a domestic dispute in the small community of Kuujjuak, Quebec, which is approximately 1,600 kilometres northeast of Montreal. A man and woman were at the home when as police arrived. Shots were fired as soon as they stepped out of their police vehicle hitting both officers. The officers were transported to hospital where Cst. Dery died of his injuries. A stand-off ensued until Sunday when police found the man in the home with apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The woman escaped with no injury. Cst. Dery was originally from Orleans in the Ottawa Ontario area. He joined the Kativik Regional Police, which was created in 1996 to serve communities in Nunavik, which comprises the northern third of the Province. He was the second of three boys born of a former RCMP officer. His brother is a fire-fighter and he has a cousin who is with the RCMP in New Brunswick. 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.
Officer Dery served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Dery.

— 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 March 2, 2013

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Steve Dery 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