RCMP Commissioner W.J. Elliott announced in Ottawa this afternoon that Supt. Doug Coates had also been killed as a result of the earthquate in Haiti last Tuesday, January 12, 2010.Supt. Coates was posted to Haiti with the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission. At the time of the disaster, he was working in Haiti UN Headquarters.
I am particulaly sad to hear this news as Supt. Coates and I shared a long career together in the field of Canadian/UN Police Peacekeeping Operations going back to the early 1990's.
Few loved their profession as much as Doug. His heart's desire and dream was to help the people of Haiti. He especially devoted his work towards the rebuilding of the Haitian National Police. Supt. Coates died while serving the United Nations, Canada and the Force.
*Superintendent Coates was promoted posthumously to the RCMP rank of Chief Superintendent.
The RCMP has lost one of their best.
Yours truly,
Joe Healy
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Photograph of Supt. Coates by: Handout photos, The Ottawa Citizen.
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