Roll of Honor
Incident
His service was in British Columbia. He was a member of the Vancouver Drug Squad and had volunteered for service on several Emergency Response Teams. On the day of his death, Cpl. Flanagan climbed on board a pickup truck to make a buy for heroin as part of an undercover team. When members moved in to make arrests, the driver became suspicious and began to drive away. When the suspect in the back of the truck tried to retrieve the heroin from Cpl. Flanagan, a struggle ensued and Cpl. Flanagan was thrown from the moving vehicle. Cpl. Flanagan was married to Fiona and they had two children. He also had a daughter from his previous marriage. Corporal Derek John Flanagan Corporal Derek John Flanagan Corporal Derek John Flanagan
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal John Flanagan served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal John Flanagan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Derek John Flanagan 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. Derek John Flanagan's cause is highlighted.
How Derek John Flanagan Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Derek John Flanagan is highlighted in Feb.
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