‘Harsh Reminder of the Risks Our Heroes in Uniform Face’: Regimental Funeral for 2 Slain Edmonton Officers

City police march during the procession for Edmonton Police Service constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan in Edmonton on March 27, 2023. The officers were killed in the line of duty on March 16, 2023. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press

Every seat was filled at Edmonton’s Rogers Place, as Constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan were honoured and remembered at a regimental funeral held in the city’s downtown ice arena district.

An estimated 1,200 members of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) attended the livestreamed funeral, along with politicians, emergency services workers, military members, and other emergency responders.