Roll of Honor
Incident
Cst. Karwaski enjoyed playing sports and was a family man. He was in the right rear passenger seat of a police car that was responding to a call for assistance. A vehicle pulled out into the pathway of the oncoming police car. The resulting collision proved fatal for Cst. Karwaski. He was married to Colleen and they had 3 children: Stephen, Timothy, and Wendy. He is buried at Holy Family Cemetery in Britt, Ontario. Constable Roy John William Karwaski Constable Roy John William Karwaski
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable John William Karwaski served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable John William Karwaski.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Roy John William Karwaski 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. Roy John William Karwaski's cause is highlighted.
How Roy John William Karwaski Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Roy John William Karwaski is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
Britt, ON.
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