Media Advisory - Update: Revised time of arrival

Fallen Police Officers Return Home

OTTAWA, January 21, 2010 - Our fallen police officers, Chief Superintendent Doug Coates and Sergeant Mark Gallagher, will return home to Canada tomorrow, Friday January 22, 2010.

• Where: 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario
• When: Friday, January 22, 2010, at 2 p.m.
• What: Media will not be permitted on the tarmac

Present to pay their respects will be the Minister of Public Safety Canada, The Honourable Vic Toews, RCMP Commissioner William J.S. Elliott, Chief of Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk and other dignitaries.

For more information on Chief Superintendent Doug Coates and Sergeant Mark Gallagher, their biographies are available on the RCMP web site.

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For more information:
RCMP Media Relations, 613-993-2999