Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: February 5, 2015
• Invested on: May 01, 2015

Constable Ryan Arnold Wayne Lewis, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On April 21, 2012, RCMP Constable Ryan Lewis prevented a suicidal man from setting himself on fire in Moncton, New Brunswick. Constable Lewis found the victim in his yard, holding a gasoline can in one hand and a lighter in the other. The distraught man poured the flammable liquid on himself as the officer approached him. Constable Lewis subdued the man, removed the lighter from his hand, and restrained him until help arrived.