A bridge in Beckwith Township at Cemetery Side Road, over highway 7, has been dedicated to Officer Constable John A. C. Behan, who died in a motor vehicle collision on April 14, 1956, while on patrol with his partner.
The OPP’s Sgt. Cynthia Savard tells Lake 88 news it’s a way honour his memory and others have fallen in the line of duty.
Savard tells Lake 88 news it’s a way to recognize all that officers put on the line each and every day.
Since 2002, Ontario has permitted bridges and other highway structures to be dedicated in memory of fallen police officers.
Seventy-two provincial highway structures have been dedicated to fallen police officers.
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