First Nations RCMP Officer Honoured After Serving In His Community

Pres Release

May 31, 2016

A former RCMP officer was recently remembered at a ceremony in Sechelt, where he spent his RCMP career serving his own community.

RCMP Constable Carl Dixon, a member of the Shishalh Nation himself, joined the force in 1977, and spent his entire 20 year-career working in his home community of Sechelt, on the Sunshine Coast. His service was recently honoured by the RCMP, the current Chief and Council of the Sechelt Indian Band, and other community members.

Cst Dixon was fondly remembered in memoriam by many. Sunshine Coast RCMP’s current First Nations Policing officer, Cst Glen Martin, remarked during the ceremony how Carl was described to me as the salt of the earth, a person who would give you the shirt off his back, but always had his finger on the pulse of the community. After speaking with other officers who had served with Cst Dixon, Cst Martin also remarked how it must have been difficult at times for Carl to balance the responsibilities of being a police officer with still being a part of the community he grew up in. Nevertheless, Cst Dixon was remembered as being a true inspiration to others.

The plaque presented to the Shishalh Nation will be mounted in the Elder’s Boardroom in memory of Cst Dixon, and it is hoped that it will serve as an inspiration for the youth and community members of the Shishalh Nation, whom may consider a career of their own with the RCMP.

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Cst Harrison Mohr

Media Relations Officer
Sunshine Coast RCMP
sunshinecoast.rcmp.ca
5800 Teredo Street , Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0
Office: (604) 885-2266

Email: harrison.mohr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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