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Cst. Agostinho was born in Penticton, BC. Prior to joining the Force, Cst. Agostinho was a pilot with the Canadian Armed Forces Search and Rescue. He retired from the Armed Forces after 17 years of service. Cst. Agostinho served at both Cold Lake and Westaskiwin Detachments in Alberta. Further, he served as Commanding Officer of the Cold Lake Air Cadets and later the Leduc Air Cadets. Cst. Agostinho was always willing to help and had a sense of humour. On the day of his death, Cst. Agostinho had parked his police vehicle on the side of a busy highway to investigate a motor vehicle accident. A transport truck ended up ramming into the police vehicle. A park in Southfork community in Leduc, AB was built and named in his honour. Cst. Agostinho was married to Cheryl and they had two children: Stephanie and James. Constable José Manuel Agostinho Constable José Manuel Agostinho
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Manuel Agostinho served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Manuel Agostinho.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable José Manuel Agostinho 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. José Manuel Agostinho's cause is highlighted.
How José Manuel Agostinho Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. José Manuel Agostinho is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Leduc, AB.
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