Thousands of police officers and first responders from across North America took part in a solemn procession and funeral on Thursday for Quebec provincial police Sgt. Maureen Breau, who was killed in the line of duty last month.
The slain Sûreté du Québec officer’s casket, which was draped in a Quebec flag, was brought in slowly by her colleagues at the Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-du-Cap church. Her police cap was placed on top of the casket.
Breau, who was a 20-year veteran of the force, was fatally stabbed during an attempted arrest on March 27 in Louiseville, Que., about 100 km north of Montreal.
The president of the province’s police association spoke before the packed church, describing Breau’s death as an “unspeakable tragedy.”
“You’re our hero,” Jacques Painchaud of the Association des policières et policiers provinciaux du Québec said. “We will never forget you.”
The death of Breau, who was in her early 40s, sent shockwaves through the province and prompted an outpouring of tributes in the weeks that followed. She was also the mother of two children and her partner is also a police officer with the same force.
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