Some 2,000 officers march to pay respects to RCMP Const. David Wynn
Posted Jan 26, 2015 12:25 pm.
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A procession of 2,000 police officers is snaking its way through the streets of a city just outside Edmonton in honour of a colleague killed in the line of duty.
RCMP Const. David Wynn died after he and auxiliary Const. Derek Bond were shot during a struggle with a suspected car thief at a casino in St. Albert earlier this month.
The procession includes 860 Mounties in their traditional red serge and 450 officers from the municipal police force in nearby Edmonton.
The Mounties have come from as far away as Newfoundland, Iqaluit and British Columbia.
A handful made the trip from Bridgewater, N.S., where Wynn served as a paramedic and was inspired to join the national police force.
Hundreds of spectators, who were encouraged to wear red, are lining the procession route in unseasonably warm temperatures and holding Canadian flags.
