Roll of Honor
Incident
On Tuesday June 28, 2011 Cst. Garrett Styles, 32, a seven-year veteran of the York Regional Police, was struck by a vehicle on Highway 48 near Herald Road in the Town of East Gwillimbury. Just before 5 a.m. Cst. Styles initiated a traffic stop pulling over a 2005 Dodge Caravan with four occupants. Cst. Styles was investigating the driver and was at the driver’s side door when the vehicle accelerated dragging him approximately 300 metres before the vehicle lost control and rolled over, pinning Cst. Styles. Firefighters with the East Gwillimbury Emergency Services extricated him and he was rushed to Southlake Regional Health Centre by York Region EMS, where he tragically succumbed to his injuries. The unlicensed driver, a 15-year-old male from York Region was also taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The other passengers, also youths, are cooperating with police. Cst. Styles joined York Regional Police as a Cadet-in-Training in December 2003 and became a Constable in May 2004. He worked Uniform Patrol in #2 District, covering Richmond Hill and most recently in #1 District, covering the Towns of Newmarket, Aurora and East Gwillimbury. His father, retired Staff Sergeant Garry Styles, was 33-year member of York Regional Police who just retired in January. Cst. Styles is survived by his wife, Melissa, and a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter and nine-week old son. 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
Styles is survived by his wife, Melissa, and a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter and nine-week old son.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Styles served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Styles.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Garrett Styles is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,586 officers honored here.
In ON, 75 of 364 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 20.6% of this state's fallen. That is 33.3 percentage points below the national rate of 53.9%.
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.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Garrett Styles's cause is highlighted.
How Garrett Styles Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Garrett Styles is highlighted in Jun.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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