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Cst. Shwaykowski was the first police officer ever to die in the line of duty in the City of Red Deer. He was killed after being thrown from a moving vehicle while trying to apprehend an armed man. Cst. Shwaykowski was married to Linda and they had 3 children. He is buried in Birchwood Cemetery at Swan River, Manitoba. Constable Dennis Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski Constable Dennis Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski Inscription on grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Dennis Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski 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. Dennis Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski's cause is highlighted.
How Dennis Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Dennis Modest Nicklos Shwaykowski is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
Swan River, MB.
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