Recognize Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Ribbon

AI summary

Petitioners ask the government to recognize the Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Ribbon as the official national symbol of remembrance and require federal bodies to display it during National Memorial Week and after line‑of‑duty deaths.

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Official petition

Petition to the Government of Canada Police and peace officers face daily risks in the service of our communities; Officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty remind us of the costs involved in maintaining a free and civilized society; The Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon, a black and blue looped ribbon bearing a generic badge, is widely recognised by policing organisations across Canada as the national symbol of mourning for officers killed in the line of duty; Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day is commemorated annually on the last Sunday of September with the National Memorial Service held on Parliament Hill; and The Government of Canada has the authority to formally recognize national commemorative symbols and to direct federal departments and agencies in their observance. We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to formally recognize, by Order in Council or official proclamation, the Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon as the official national symbol of remembrance for officers who die in the line of duty and to direct federal departments, agencies, and Crown corporations to adopt and display the ribbon during National Memorial Week and in the aftermath of a line-of-duty death.

Government response

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