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Crest. © 2005 Halifax Regional Police
Leading and partnering
in our community
to serve and protect.

Leading and Partnering in our Community to Serve and Protect. © 2005 Halifax Regional Police
Forever Remembered
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Constable Matthew Gardner
Halifax Police Day Watch

Killed in the line of duty on November 5, 1861, at the age of 45.

Cst. Gardner was Halifax's first police officer killed in the line of duty.  He was fatally stabbed aboard the Schooner "Shooting Star" while trying to apprehend a suspect.  Cst. Gardner was assigned to the Day Watch, which in 1864 was combined with the Night Watch to form the Halifax Police Department. 

Cst. Gardner's death was prior to the incorporation of the Halifax Police Department.

Fulton

Constable Charles R. Fulton
Halifax Police Department

Killed in the line of duty on July 14, 1924, at the age of 28.

Cst. Fulton was Halifax Police Department's first police officer killed in the line of duty.  He was shot while trying to apprehend a suspect.

McNutt

Constable John William McNutt
Halifax Police Department

Died in the line of duty on November 29, 1962.

Cst. McNutt went to a large disturbance and attempted to make an arrest, but a fight broke out and Cst. McNutt suffered a heart attacked and died.

Jennex

Constable Roy Gilbert Jennex

Halifax Police Department

Killed in the line of duty on November 29, 1963 at the age of 50.

Cst. Jennex was directing traffic on Quinpool Road when he was struck by a vehicle and thrown into the path of an oncoming truck.

Cst. Jennex's name was added to the Police Memorial Book in Ottawa in December 1997.

Spicer

Corporal Eric Wallace Spicer
Dartmouth City Police Department

Killed in the line of duty on December 23, 1975 at the age of 28.

Cpl. Eric Spicer was shot to death in an incident that also involved the shooting death of a Dartmouth taxi driver.

Evidence suggests Cpl. Spicer was involved in a scuffle with the perpetrator before being assaulted and shot.

Dartmouth Police dedicated their Police station in the name of Eric Spicer shortly after his death.

Holtan

Constable Sigurd "Ziggy" Holtan
Halifax Regional Police

Died in the line of duty on October 14, 2000 at the age of 46.

Cst. Holtan was assisting in an investigation of a stolen auto in a wooded area. Cst. Holtan suffered a heart attack while escorting two prisoners out of the woods. Valiant efforts by officers at the scene were to no avail.

 

"In memory, a constant thought. In heart, a constant sorrow."

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