Executive Council
June 5, 2014

The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Tom Marshall, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador:

Premier Honours Police Officers Slain and Wounded in New Brunswick

Every day, thousands of police officers across our province and our country head out on their shifts to protect us - to protect our children.

They put their lives in harm's way to keep us safe.

Their loved ones look forward to welcoming them back home at the end of the day.

But three RCMP officers in Moncton did not get to go home to their families yesterday.

They paid a price that no police officer should have to pay.

Two other police officers, wounded in the line of duty, were rushed to hospital.

And yet today, thousands of police officers across this country and across our province went out on their shifts once again, brave and unrelenting, because that is what they do.

Where would we be without individuals as brave as this?

Where would we be without the police officers who keep our families safe?

Let us make this pledge: to stand by our police officers, to respect and honour them for what they do, to honour their fallen comrades, and to remember their families, who are broken-hearted today.

We, the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, are grieving with you.

We have lowered the Flags before Confederation Building as a sign of our grief and our profound respect.

Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you, and with the people of New Brunswick, who are in shock today and waiting anxiously while the police continue to do their work.

May God keep all our police officers safe today and watch over them as they watch over us.

2014 06 05      1:55 p.m.