Officer Deaths Surge in Canada—‘We Have Never Seen This Before,' Says Police Association Head

Sgt. Eric Mueller was killed responding to a report of a gunshot in Bourget, Ont., on May 11, 2023. Ontario Provincial Police

Nine officers have been murdered in Canada since September 2022, the latest of which was Ontario’s Sgt. Eric Mueller, who was ambushed during a house call on May 11.

“It’s as if there is an actual attack on the policing community,” Matthew Cox, president of the Ottawa Police Association, told The Epoch Times. “We have never seen this before in Canada.”