Roll of Honor
Incident
Cst. Beyak is the first woman to be entered on the Honour Roll. She was a participant in many sports and activities. She was an outstanding figure skater, member of the 4-H club and a member of the Sopilka Ukrainian Dancers. Prior to joining the Force she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from the University of Manitoba. Cst. Beyak always wanted to be a police officer. A troop mate of hers said that she "embodied optimism, hope, excitement for a new career”. Cst. Beyak was attending a call for assistance when she edged her vehicle out across the centre line to see if she could pass a slow-moving transport truck that was throwing blinding snow onto her windshield. When she edged her vehicle out, she instantly collided head-on with the Coroner who had just left a collision scene. An ambulance then rear-ended the Coroner. Cst. Beyak is buried in the cemetery of Winnipegosis, MB. Constable Della Sonya Beyak Constable Della Sonya Beyak Constable Della Sonya Beyak
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Sonya Beyak served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Sonya Beyak.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable Della Sonya Beyak 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Della Sonya Beyak's cause is highlighted.
How Della Sonya Beyak Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Della Sonya Beyak is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
Winnipegosis, MB.
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