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Incident
S/Cst. Kowalczyk was formerly an apprentice auto mechanic and a corrections officer. On the night of his death, he responded to a call where a young man had driven away without paying for gas. S/Cst. Kowalczyk last radioed in that he was pulling over a vehicle. Linda Bowen was convicted of manslaughter and Andrew Kay was convicted of first degree murder. S/Cst. Kowalczyk was married to Sylvia and he had 3 children from his previous marriage. He is buried in Queen’s Park Cemetery in Calgary. Special Constable Gordon Zigmund Kowalczyk Inscription on Grave marker Special Constable Gordon Zigmund Kowalczyk
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Constable Zigmund Kowalczyk served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Constable Zigmund Kowalczyk.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Special Constable Gordon Zigmund Kowalczyk 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. Gordon Zigmund Kowalczyk's cause is highlighted.
How Gordon Zigmund Kowalczyk Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Gordon Zigmund Kowalczyk is highlighted in Jan.
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