Roll of Honor
Incident
On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at approximately 10:30 AM, Sergeant-Investigator Anaïs Fortin-Cozzens of the Sûreté du Québec's Major Crimes Investigation Division in Gatineau was travelling on Route 138 in Portneuf-sur-Mer, about 300 km northeast of Quebec City in the province's Côte-Nord region, when she was killed in a three-vehicle collision while on her way to police headquarters during an investigation. Four people were injured, two seriously.
Sergeant Fortin-Cozzens began her career with the Sûreté du Québec in 2010 in the Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, and after a period with the Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit returned to the region in 2021 to join the Major Crimes Investigation Division in Gatineau. She was 37. Remembered as discreet and reserved yet genuine and full of warmth, she was devoted above all to her family.
Survivors
She is survived by her partner, also a Sûreté du Québec officer, and their children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Fortin-Cozzens served with the Sûreté du Québec.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Fortin-Cozzens.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Anaïs Fortin-Cozzens is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In QC, 1 of 12 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 8.3% of this state's fallen. That is 8.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Anaïs Fortin-Cozzens's cause is highlighted.
How Anaïs Fortin-Cozzens Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Anaïs Fortin-Cozzens is highlighted in Mar.
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