Canada- Sgt. Maureen Breau, Quebec police officer fatally stabbed during attempted arrest, 27 March 2023

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Provincial police officer killed during attempted arrest northeast of Montreal

A Quebec provincial police officer has been killed while trying to arrest a man at a home in the province's Mauricie region Monday night.

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''A Quebec provincial police officer has been killed while trying to arrest a man at a home in the province's Mauricie region Monday night.

The police force confirmed in a news release today the death of Sgt. Maureen Breau, an officer with more than 20 years of experience.

The 35-year-old male suspect was later shot and killed by other officers who arrived on the scene in Louiseville, Que., about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

Quebec's police watchdog, which is investigating, says Breau and another officer were arresting the man at about 8:30 p.m. for uttering threats when he grabbed a knife and stabbed Breau.

The watchdog, the Bureau des enquetes independantes, says another pair of officers arrived shortly afterwards, and one of them fatally shot the suspect.

Police say another officer was injured during the intervention, but their life is not in danger.''

 

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Quebec police officer killed during attempted arrest, Trudeau calls incident ‘heartbreaking’ | Globalnews.ca

A Quebec police officer with more than 20 years of service, along with an alleged suspect, are dead following an attack in Louiseville, northeast of Montreal.

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''Quebec provincial police Chief Insp. Patrice Cardinal said Sgt. Breau was in her early 40s and had two children. Her partner is also a provincial police officer, he said. Sgt. Breau had decades of police work were mostly spent on patrol, or supervising patrol teams, he said in a phone interview.

“She had a lot of experience, for every kind of event or police intervention,” Cardinal said.

Jacques Painchaud, the president of an association representing provincial police officers, said the police intervention originated in a mental health call — a situation that has become increasingly frequent, he said. He told reporters at the scene that Sgt. Breau was stabbed in the neck and there was little that could have been done to help her.''