Members of the New Westminster Police Department have joined the thousands of police officers and first responders from across North America filing into the Aitken Centre on the University of New Brunswick campus, where a regimental funeral was held for two Fredericton Police officers killed last week.
The @NewWestPD Twitter account posted a photo of its officers taking part in a procession of about 1,500 officials marching in the funeral procession from Fredericton High School to the centre.
The centre has a capacity of 4,000 and was filled with people who wished to pay their respects for Constables Robb Costello and Sara Burns, who died alongside two civilians when a gunman opened fire on the parking lot of an apartment complex last week.
A red carpet covered the centre aisle of the Aitken Centre, leading up to where their caskets were laid.
Two hearses carrying the bodies of fallen Fredericton Police Constables Robb Costello and Sara Burns travelled slowly along a funeral procession route, flanked by pallbearers.
Following closely behind was Grimsby, a light grey horse co-owned by Burns and fellow Fredericton police Const. Stefan Decourcey.
- With files from Canadian Press
