Sébastien Coghlan-Goyette

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Felonious

End of Watch November 14, 2010

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

At approximately 6:30 p.m., on November 14, 2010, Constable Sébastien Coghlan-Goyette, age 25, and student ride-a-long Sophia Rigas, age 22, were killed in a motor vehicle accident in Les Cèdres, Quebec, which is about 50 kilometres southwest of Montreal. Constable Coghlan-Goyette was responding to an emergency call on Route 340 when he tried to avoid a collision with a deer that was standing in the middle of the road. In trying to avoid the deer the PC did several rolls and ended up on a tree at the side of the road. Both Constable Sébastien Coghlan-Goyette and Sophia Rigas were taken to a hospital where they later died. Constable Sébastien Coghlan-Goyette, originally from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC, had been a officer with the Sûreté du Québec for 3 1/2 years. Our condolences go out to his partner, Francis Blais, his family, friends, and colleagues. 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 Coghlan-Goyette served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Coghlan-Goyette.

— 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 14, 2010

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Incident Location Les Cèdres, QC

Sébastien Coghlan-Goyette 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