Hnub: Friday, Lub Xya hli ntuj 2, 2023
Victoria, BC – Hnub no, peb nco txog VicPD Cst. Johnston Cochrane.
Cst. Johnston Cochrane raug tua nyob rau hauv kab ntawm lub luag hauj lwm nyob rau hauv los yog ib ncig ntawm lub rau hli ntuj 2, 1859. Nws yog thawj tub ceev xwm tub ceev xwm tua nyob rau hauv txoj kab ntawm lub luag hauj lwm nyob rau hauv BC. Nws tua neeg tseem tsis tau daws.
VicPD tau tsim muaj xyoo 1858. Thaum lub Rau Hli Ntuj xyoo 1859, Cst. Cochrane tau txais daim ntawv tso cai los ua haujlwm rau tus neeg raug liam rau npua tub sab. Lub sijhawm ntawd cov tub ceev xwm feem ntau tsis muaj riam phom, txuag rau ib rab phom ntoo. Cst. Cochrane kos npe tawm ib rab phom raws li cov ntaub ntawv no tau suav tias yog lub luag haujlwm txaus ntshai. Nws tawm mus, taug kev, thiab mus rau thaj chaw Craigflower Farm. Qhov no yog zaum kawg uas nws pom muaj sia nyob.
Thaum Cst. Cochrane tsis rov qab los; nrhiav tog tau pib. Nws lub cev tau pom nyob ze Craigflower Road. Cst. Cochrane tau raug tua ob zaug thiab nws qhov kev pab cuam rab yaj phom ploj lawm.
Txawm hais tias raug ntes ob hnub tom qab, tsis muaj leej twg raug txim ntawm Cst. Cochrane kev tua neeg. Cst. Johnston Cochrane tuaj rau Victoria nrog nws tus poj niam thiab cov menyuam los ntawm Ireland, hla Tebchaws Meskas. Nws tus poj ntsuam tau txais me me "public subscription,", raws li cov nyiaj laus tsis paub thaum lub sijhawm ntawd. Cst. Johnston Cochrane tau muab faus rau ntawm qhov qub Burying Grounds, uas tam sim no yog Pioneer Park. Nws gravesite yog unmarked.
Hnub no, peb nco txog Cst. Johnston Cochrane: koj puas xav tau ntau tus thwjtim?
Kawm paub ntxiv txog VicPD's fallen heroes.
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peb yog nrhiav cov neeg sib tw tsim nyog rau ob qho tib si tub ceev xwm thiab pej xeem txoj haujlwm. Xav txog kev ua haujlwm hauv kev pabcuam pej xeem? VicPD yog ib tug neeg ua haujlwm muaj vaj huam sib luag. Koom nrog VicPD thiab pab peb ua kom Victoria thiab Esquimalt muaj kev nyab xeeb hauv zej zog ua ke.