Thousand of people, including hundreds of members of the police community from across North America, will be gathering in Barrie this morning to honour fallen police officer Grzegorz 'Greg' Pierzchala.
Earlier that day, Pierzchala, a member of the Haldimand County OPP detachment, learned he’d successfully completed his 10-month probationary period. While working his first solo shift, he stopped to check out a vehicle in the ditch and was fatally shot.
An official procession is set to get underway around 9:30 a.m. It will travel from Adams Funeral Home at 445 St. Vincent St. to the local arena where a private funeral service for the rookie officer will be held starting at 11 a.m. People in Haldimand County are invited to attend an in-person broadcast at the Caledonia Lions Community Centre. That site will be open to the public starting at 10:30 a.m.Barrie residents as well as those visiting the city should expect a number of road closures and traffic delays on Wednesday due to the procession and funeral.
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