Constable Garrett Styles was a seven-year veteran of York Regional Police when he died in the line of duty June 28, 2011. He came from a proud policing family that included his father, retired Staff Sergeant Garry Styles, who served with York Regional Police for 33 years and his cousin, Constable Joe Styles, who serves on patrol in #2 District…

Detective Constable Robert Plunkett had proudly served York Regional Police for more than two decades when he was killed on duty in the early morning hours of August 2, 2007. Detective Constable Plunkett and a group of plainclothes officers were conducting surveillance on the drivers of two vehicles near Ascot Crescent and Harvest Moon Drive…

Constable William J. Grant had been a member of York Regional Police for four years and was just 26 years old when he was killed in the line of duty October 9, 1984. Just after midnight, Constable Grant spotted an automobile ahead of him being driven erratically. He attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver sped away…

Constable Douglas F. Tribbling was a thirteen-year veteran of York Regional Police Force when he was killed in the line of duty on August 21, 1984. He was 49 years old, with only two years until retirement. On the night of August 19, Constable Tribbling responded to a burglar alarm at a Markham computer company. He called for backup…

Constable Gerald F. Mills was a member of Whitchurch Township Police for four years before being killed in the line of duty by an out-of-control vehicle May 29, 1968. After responding to a collision on Woodbine Avenue just south of the hamlet of Vandorf, Constable Mills deemed one of the drivers to be under the influence of alcohol…

Constable Edward G. Holdsworth was 21 and engaged to be married when he was killed in the line of duty in 1966. On May 15 around 1:00 a.m., Constable Holdsworth responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Woodbine Avenue, just north of the hamlet of Vandorf. The vehicle had inadvertently struck…

Constable Lewis R. Durant, 22, had only served with Markham Township Police for 18 months when he was killed in the line of duty on August 18, 1956. At about 2:00 a.m., Constable Durant came across a parked car on the gravel shoulder of Woodbine Avenue. After parking his cruiser behind the suspicious vehicle…

Sergeant Thomas Kirk, a York County police officer, was appointed to the York County Police Force in 1920 and was stationed in Newmarket during the 1930s. He was a respected member of the community. The following is an account of his death as reported by A. Wallace in The York County Constabulary…

Fifty-eight-year-old Constable William Boyd had been a member of York County Police for 15 years before being shot and killed during a prisoner transfer on June 4, 1901. On route from a local court house to a Toronto Jail, Constable Boyd and two other officers were transferring three gang members of the vicious Chicago Bank Robbers…

The first known police officer killed in the line of duty in Canada is High County Constable John Fisk of King Township. John Fisk was born September 24, 1752 in Wallingford, Connecticut. In 1776, he served as an Ensign in Elmore’s Connecticut Battalion, part of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution…