Four police officers from Ontario who lost their life while on the job will be honoured today.
During the event, which will get underway at 11 a.m. at the Ontario Police Memorial in downtown Toronto, the names of constables Constable Andrew Hong , Devon Northrup and Morgan Russell , and Grzegorz Pierzchala will be added to the Wall of Honour.
Organized by the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation, the Ceremony of Remembrance, which is led by pipe bands and attended by thousands of uniformed police officers from across Canada, the United States, and Europe, pays tribute to Ontario’s fallen police officers who are remembered as “heroes in life, not death.”
Today’s guests of honour will include Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Premier Doug Ford, and the families of fallen officers.
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