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York Regional Police Association

Serving those that protect our community

Established in 1971, York Regional Police Association (YRPA) is a labour organization representing over 2,400 uniformed and civilian members of the York Regional Police. The Association is dedicated to serving those that protect the York Region community.

YRPA Community Work

The uniformed and civilian members of York Regional Police Association (YRPA) are proud supporters of many charitable causes. Each year, our members give their personal time to support many causes and volunteer throughout York Region to help give back to the communities we serve.

In the last five years, York Regional Police Association has contributed over $218,000 to various charities and towards members’ participation in charitable work. The association also holds annual campaigns and events to support our charities.

Wounded Warrior

Wounded Warriors

Special Olympics Ontario

SPECIAL OLYMPICS ONTARIO

The Salvation Army

Salvation Army Central York Region

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33rd Annual Memorial Golf Tournament

Feb 27, 2023

Join us on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 for our 33rd Annual Memorial Golf Tournament at RedCrest Golf Club, 17700 Keele Street, King. Each year, this tournament is held in memory of, and in honour of our police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The...

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Memorial Tournament Raises a New Record of $13,000

Jun 8, 2022

AURORA, ON – June 8, 2022 – Today, York Regional Police Association (YRPA) announced a new record of $13,000 was raised at the 32nd Annual Memorial Golf Tournament. Over 150 golfers hit the links at RedCrest Golf Club on Monday, June 6, to help support the Salvation...

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In Memory

Constable  Garrett Styles

Constable
Garrett Styles

Constable Garrett Styles was a seven-year veteran of York Regional Police when he died in the line of duty June 28, 2011. He came from a proud policing family that included his father, retired Staff Sergeant Garry Styles, who served with York Regional Police for 33 years and his cousin, Constable Joe Styles, who serves on patrol in #2 District…

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Detective Constable  Robert Plunkett

Detective Constable
Robert Plunkett

Detective Constable Robert Plunkett had proudly served York Regional Police for more than two decades when he was killed on duty in the early morning hours of August 2, 2007. Detective Constable Plunkett and a group of plainclothes officers were conducting surveillance on the drivers of two vehicles near Ascot Crescent and Harvest Moon Drive…

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Constable William Grant

Constable
William Grant

Constable William J. Grant had been a member of York Regional Police for four years and was just 26 years old when he was killed in the line of duty October 9, 1984. Just after midnight, Constable Grant spotted an automobile ahead of him being driven erratically. He attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver sped away…

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Constable Douglas Tribbling

Constable
Douglas Tribbling

Constable Douglas F. Tribbling was a thirteen-year veteran of York Regional Police Force when he was killed in the line of duty on August 21, 1984. He was 49 years old, with only two years until retirement. On the night of August 19, Constable Tribbling responded to a burglar alarm at a Markham computer company. He called for backup…

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Constable  Gerald F. Mills

Constable
Gerald F. Mills

Constable Gerald F. Mills was a member of Whitchurch Township Police for four years before being killed in the line of duty by an out-of-control vehicle May 29, 1968. After responding to a collision on Woodbine Avenue just south of the hamlet of Vandorf, Constable Mills deemed one of the drivers to be under the influence of alcohol…

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Constable Edward G. Holdsworth

Constable
Edward G. Holdsworth

Constable Edward G. Holdsworth was 21 and engaged to be married when he was killed in the line of duty in 1966. On May 15 around 1:00 a.m., Constable Holdsworth responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Woodbine Avenue, just north of the hamlet of Vandorf. The vehicle had inadvertently struck…

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Constable Lewis R. Durant

Constable
Lewis R. Durant

Constable Lewis R. Durant, 22, had only served with Markham Township Police for 18 months when he was killed in the line of duty on August 18, 1956. At about 2:00 a.m., Constable Durant came across a parked car on the gravel shoulder of Woodbine Avenue. After parking his cruiser behind the suspicious vehicle…

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Sergeant Thomas Kirk

Sergeant
Thomas Kirk

Sergeant Thomas Kirk, a York County police officer, was appointed to the York County Police Force in 1920 and was stationed in Newmarket during the 1930s. He was a respected member of the community. The following is an account of his death as reported by A. Wallace in The York County Constabulary…

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Constable William Boyd

Constable
William Boyd

Fifty-eight-year-old Constable William Boyd had been a member of York County Police for 15 years before being shot and killed during a prisoner transfer on June 4, 1901. On route from a local court house to a Toronto Jail, Constable Boyd and two other officers were transferring three gang members of the vicious Chicago Bank Robbers…

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Constable John Fisk

Constable
John Fisk

The first known police officer killed in the line of duty in Canada is High County Constable John Fisk of King Township. John Fisk was born September 24, 1752 in Wallingford, Connecticut. In 1776, he served as an Ensign in Elmore’s Connecticut Battalion, part of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution…

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