Roll of Honor
Douglas Edward Coates
Incident
Son of Darrell and Shirley Coates. C/Supt. Coates was from British Columbia. He died as a result of a massive earthquake on January 16, 2010, while on mission in Haiti. He was the recipient of a Canadian peacekeeping service medal, a Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal, a 30- year silver clasp and the police exemplary service medal. He also received a medal for his UN mission to Haiti. C/Supt. Coates held a Masters of Arts in Management and Policy, as well as a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Criminology. He was an avid mountain climber and ski racer. At the time of his death, he was the Acting Commissioner of Operations for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. C/Supt. Coates was married to Lise and they had 3 children: Julie, Mathieu, and Luc. He is buried in Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Superintendent Edward Coates served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Superintendent Edward Coates.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief Superintendent Douglas Edward Coates 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
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How Douglas Edward Coates Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
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