Alberta RCMP announce regimental funeral for Cpl. Harvey Dhami
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The regimental funeral for Cst. Harvey Dhami who was killed in a car accident while on duty last week, will take place April 20 beginning with the funeral procession at 10 a.m.
Alberta RCMP announced the details for the regimental funeral for Cpl. Harpreet (Harvey) Singh Dhami who was killed in a car accident while on duty in Strathcona County, northeast of Edmonton last week.
On April 10, Cst. Dhami responded to an urgent request to help a fellow officer who was trying to make arrests, said Supt. Dale Kendall. The collision that ended his life happened on his way to back up his fellow officer.
“Cst. Dhami upheld his oath to protect and to serve to the very last moments of his life,” she said during a news conference Sunday.
The funeral and procession will take place Thursday April 20, at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park, Alta. The procession will begin from Bethel Lutheran Church at 10 a.m., with the regimental funeral starting at 11:30 a.m. at Millenium Place. The funeral is scheduled to last two hours. Members of the public are welcome to attend the funeral procession to pay their respects, police said.
“When tragedies like this happen, not just in Canada but in North America, it’s not just the family and friends that suffer a loss, but the communities, and in this case, the province of Alberta and the country also suffers a loss. And Canadians want to reach out and show their support in some way,” said Kevin Halwa, director for the prairie region of the National Police Federation and the chair of the National Police Federation Benevolent Foundation.
The Foundation, whose sole purpose is to help families of fallen members “in their darkest days,” has set up a GoFundMe for Cst. Dhami’s with all of the proceeds going to the Dhami family.
Halwa said this is the first time the Foundation has used the GoFundMe platform and weren’t sure what to expect, but they have already surpassed their $20,000 goal. The fundraiser will be up through May.
At a news conference Sunday, Kendall said spoke to Dhami’s character as a hard-working, devoted public servant. She said Dhami came from a family of community service workers, his cousin also a police officer, and his sister a health services worker.
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