Sarah Beckett

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Felonious

End of Watch April 5, 2016

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Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

On April 5 2016, West Shore RCMP Constable Sarah Beckett, while working general duty, was struck and killed when her marked police car was struck by a pickup truck at a major intersection in Langford, British Columbia. At approximately 3:30 am on the morning of April 5 2016, Cst. Beckett, 32 years, was travelling eastbound on Goldstream Road when it was struck by a pickup truck near the intersection of Peatt Road in the suburb of Langford, just outside Victoria BC. Paramedics were on scene shortly after, and tried to revive her. However, she was pronounced deceased just after 4:00 am. The driver of the truck was taken to hospital with minor injuries but later released to police custody pending an investigation. Constable Beckett was a 11-year member of the West Shore RCMP Detachment, spending her entire career on Vancouver Island working in general duty, media relations and as an investigator with the integrated Major Crime Unit. Constable Beckett leaves behind her husband and two young children. 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 Beckett served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Beckett.

— 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 April 5, 2016

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Incident Location Langford, BC

Sarah Beckett 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