Lengthy article..updated
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...onctonians-relieved/article19039658/?page=all
"RCMP MOURNS FOR FALLEN MOUNTIES
The three slain officers were members of the Codiac regional detachment, which covers the area around Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview.
Constable Ross is from Victoriaville, Que. He had been posted in New Brunswick for seven years. A K-9 squad dog handler, he is the father of a young boy and his wife is expecting another child. After being posted to Moncton, he married a local nurse, Rachael Vander Ploeg.
For the past four or five years, Constable Ross attended Hillside Baptist Church, about two kilometres from where the gunman lived.
It was at the Hillside church that the officer met his future wife, Ms. Vander Ploeg, said another churchgoer, Charles Doucet.
"He said he considered himself very lucky to have married such a great woman," Mr. Doucet recalled.
Constable Ross was not a loquacious man but he was friendly and humble, he said.
Constable Ross' s modest home sits just 100 metres from the wooded area where police arrested Mr. Bourque early Friday. Neighbours said he would always exchange gifts with them at Christmas, such as wine or cookies. He was rarely seen without his police dog at his side.
"There are just no words to describe how broken up we are about this, " said one neighbour. "He was not only a police officer but a very good friend."
Other neighbours simply teared up at the mention of his name and said their thoughts are with his wife Rachael.
Constable Gevaudan is a native of France. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris. He joined the RCMP in Regina. After graduating from the training academy in 2008, he was posted to New Brunswick where he was a general-duty officer. He was also a member of the RCMP dive unit.
Constable Larche is from Saint John. He graduated from training depot in 2002 and was first posted in Miramichi. He performed highway patrols. In 2008, he received a Commander's Commendation for saving the life of an unconscious baby.
In December, 2004, Larche was quoted in an article from The Daily Gleaner about the Doaktown RCMP's detachment’s efforts to reduce the number of drunk-driving cases over the winter holidays to zero. "About 150 to 200 vehicles will be stopped within an hour, raising public awareness with the issues of drinking and driving," Larche told The Daily Gleaner.
Constable Larche was also referenced in a June, 2005, article, when he escorted 27 graduates from Doaktown Consolidated High School into the a gymnasium for their graduation ceremony.
In March 2012, Constable Larche testified “in a trial for assault with weapon and being unlawfully at large” and described an incident a 2010 trial in which a man threw the Criminal Code at a judge, according to an article from The Moncton Times and Transcript"
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