Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: September 30, 2015
• Invested on: February 22, 2016

Sergeant Claude Cuillerier
Sergeant Martin R. LeBlanc
Constable Yves Leclerc
Sergeant Jacques Marcheterre
Sergeant Pierre Pellerin, C.D.
Constable Paul-André Rodrigue
Sergeant Denis Roy
Detective-Sergeant Benoit Vigeant
Medal of Bravery

On January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck Haiti, causing unprecedented devastation that left more than 160 000 people dead or injured. A group of officers from the RCMP and from the Ottawa and Montréal police services who were on assignment in the country did not hesitate to put their lives at risk to help with the rescue effort. They entered the damaged buildings to look for survivors amid the piles of debris. Despite the risks posed by the imminent collapse of the unstable structures, the officers persevered in their painstaking search and successfully extracted several victims.