Ontario Police Memorial

Designed by Siggy Puchta, the memorial features two figures atop a granite plinth: a male police officer in 1950s duty dress and a female police officer in 2000s duty dress.^[1][2] The monument includes a list of names, in random order, of every Ontario police officer who died while serving the public.^[3] As of 2008, 234 names were added to the wall.^[4] The memorial has 281 names inscribed on it, as of the 2024 Ceremony of Remembrance.^[5] The earliest name recorded on the memorial is that of Constable John Fisk, who drowned in Lake Ontario in 1804 when the vessel he was using to transport a prisoner sank during a storm.^[4]

• Warkentin, John (2010). Creating Memory: A Guide to Outdoor Public Sculpture in Toronto. Becker Associates. ISBN 9780919387607.