Tyler Boutilier

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Felonious

End of Watch May 23, 2004

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

Const. Tyler Boutilier died of injuries sustained in an on duty motor vehicle accident near Seeleys Bay. Const. Boutilier was a member of the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT)and was travelling to a call at approximately 3 p.m. on Highway 15 when his southbound cruiser was struck by a northbound vehicle in the southbound lanes near the Main Street exit. The female driver of the northbound vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries. An adult passenger and two children in the back seat of that vehicle were uninjured. “Const. Boutilier was a popular and well respected officer. He was a team player who was looked to as a leader”, said Chief Supt. Jay Hope, East Region Commander. “He will be greatly missed by his fellow officers and his community.” 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 …

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Boutilier served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Boutilier.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Location ON

Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 23, 2004

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Tyler Boutilier is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ON, 75 of 334 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 22.5% of this state's fallen. That is 31.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

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.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

of 333 officers

22.5% Felonious

ON — Statewide

of 334 officers

22.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious