Sarah Beckett

Nick Poulopoulos (left) and Deanna Jennings (right) started the Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise in 2016. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Cruise honours West Shore RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett while raising funds for D.A.R.E.

Drivers joined the 2023 Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise from as far as Campbell River

 

Sarah Beckett’s widower Brad Aschenbrenner and their sons open a memorial playground with an official ribbon cutting Aug. 24, 2019. (Black Press Media file photo)

‘She touched a lot of lives’: Memorial run for West Shore RCMP officer killed in the line of duty

Event to remember Sarah Beckett will raise money for charity

 

RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett, who died in 2016 in a drunk driving incident. (Black Press Media file photo)

Applications open for CRD’s $2,000 Const. Sarah Beckett scholarship

Aimed at students with interest in law enforcement with academic achievement, financial need

 

Participants pull into Fountain Tire in Langford after completing the Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise on April 24. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Drivers participate in Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise

Around 150 people took part, raising money for D.A.R.E

Participants pull into Fountain Tire in Langford after completing the Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise on April 24. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Deanna Jennings, Graham Bunn and Nick Poulopoulos gather before a previous iteration of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise. This year’s event, the first in two years, takes place Sunday (April 24) beginning at the Fountain Tire on Jacklin Road, with all proceeds going to D.A.R.E. (Black Press Media file photo)

Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise returns Sunday to the West Shore

The event is fundraising for D.A.R.E and is set to leave Langford at 9 a.m. April 24

Deanna Jennings, Graham Bunn and Nick Poulopoulos gather before a previous iteration of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise. This year’s event, the first in two years, takes place Sunday (April 24) beginning at the Fountain Tire on Jacklin Road, with all proceeds going to D.A.R.E. (Black Press Media file photo)
Sarah Beckett's widower Brad Aschenbrenner, and their sons open the memorial playground with an official ribbon cutting Aug. 24, 2019. (Black Press Media file photo)

5 years later, crash that claimed officer’s life still reverberates through Greater Victoria

Const. Sarah Beckett’s memory lives on in the community, honoured with park, scholarship and annual run

Sarah Beckett's widower Brad Aschenbrenner, and their sons open the memorial playground with an official ribbon cutting Aug. 24, 2019. (Black Press Media file photo)
Scott Macausland and his son, Declan (7), at the finish line of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Run. (Black Press Media file photo)

Drunk driving crash that killed B.C. officer still reverberates through community, 5 years later

Const. Sarah Beckett’s memory lives on in the community, honoured with park, scholarship and annual run

Scott Macausland and his son, Declan (7), at the finish line of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Run. (Black Press Media file photo)
West Shore RCMP Const. Krysti Seutter, in 2017, places a vase filled with tulips next to a plaque honouring Const. Sarah Beckett in the detachment’s memorial garden. (Black Press Media file photo)

Belmont student earns scholarship honouring Greater Victoria Mountie killed in the line of duty

Annual scholarship honours Const. Sarah Beckett who died in 2016

West Shore RCMP Const. Krysti Seutter, in 2017, places a vase filled with tulips next to a plaque honouring Const. Sarah Beckett in the detachment’s memorial garden. (Black Press Media file photo)
113 new bricks were installed at Sarah Beckett Memorial Park Tuesday. Langford mother Evelyn Vasallo is relieved her son’s brick is laid. Jamie Whyte died due to a diabetic coma at 36. (Aaron Guillen/News Staff)

‘It’s the end of a chapter’: Mother relieved to have son’s memorial brick placed at Sarah Beckett Memorial Park

113 new bricks laid Tuesday morning

113 new bricks were installed at Sarah Beckett Memorial Park Tuesday. Langford mother Evelyn Vasallo is relieved her son’s brick is laid. Jamie Whyte died due to a diabetic coma at 36. (Aaron Guillen/News Staff)
Park rendering of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Playground. (City of Langford)

Playground a fitting tribute to Sarah Beckett

West Shore Rotary sells bricks to raise funds for playground equipment

  • May 27, 2019
Park rendering of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Playground. (City of Langford)
Brad Aschenbrenner, widower of Const. Sarah Beckett who died in the line of duty in 2016, at the Langford Legion after the Nov. 11 ceremony. (James MacKenzie/Black Press)

Const. Sarah Beckett’s family honoured on Remembrance Day

Victoria Mountie was killed in the line of duty April 2016

  • Nov 14, 2018
Brad Aschenbrenner, widower of Const. Sarah Beckett who died in the line of duty in 2016, at the Langford Legion after the Nov. 11 ceremony. (James MacKenzie/Black Press)
Conservative MP Michael Cooper (left) and Brad Ashenbrenner, husband of late RCMP officer Sarah Beckett, are advocating to make changes to Bill C-75 in regards to impaired driving offences in the Canadian Criminal Code. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)

Husband of fallen B.C. mountie calls for harsher DUI consequences

Const. Sarah Beckett was killed two years ago in Greater Victoria by convicted drunk driver Kenneth Fenton

Conservative MP Michael Cooper (left) and Brad Ashenbrenner, husband of late RCMP officer Sarah Beckett, are advocating to make changes to Bill C-75 in regards to impaired driving offences in the Canadian Criminal Code. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)
Conservative MP Michael Cooper (left) and Brad Ashenbrenner, husband of late RCMP officer Sarah Beckett, are advocating to make changes to Bill C-75 in regards to impaired driving offences in the Canadian Criminal Code. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)

Husband of late Westshore RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett calls for harsher DUI consequences

Brad Ashenbrenner spoke with MP Michael Cooper about changes to Bill C-75

Conservative MP Michael Cooper (left) and Brad Ashenbrenner, husband of late RCMP officer Sarah Beckett, are advocating to make changes to Bill C-75 in regards to impaired driving offences in the Canadian Criminal Code. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)
Deanna Jennings, Graham Bunn and Nick Poulopoulos. Jennings and Poulopoulos are the founders of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise. This year’s third annual cruise takes place on Sunday, April 22, beginning at the Fountain Tire on Jacklin Road. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)

Annual cruise honours West Shore RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett

Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise takes place Sunday, April 22

Deanna Jennings, Graham Bunn and Nick Poulopoulos. Jennings and Poulopoulos are the founders of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Cruise. This year’s third annual cruise takes place on Sunday, April 22, beginning at the Fountain Tire on Jacklin Road. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)
Const. Matthew Baker spoke during the unveiling of the Wall of Honour April 5, 2018 which will serve to honour fallen officers across the country and commemorates Constable Sarah Beckett’s passing in the line of duty. (Lindsey Horsting/News Gazette staff)

UPDATE: West Shore RCMP unveils Wall of Honour

Const. Sarah Beckett honoured on anniversary of her death

Const. Matthew Baker spoke during the unveiling of the Wall of Honour April 5, 2018 which will serve to honour fallen officers across the country and commemorates Constable Sarah Beckett’s passing in the line of duty. (Lindsey Horsting/News Gazette staff)
West Shore RCMP unveils Wall of Honour

West Shore RCMP unveils Wall of Honour

Const. Sarah Beckett honoured on anniversary of her death

West Shore RCMP unveils Wall of Honour
Const. Sarah Beckett’s family sues drunk driver that killed her

Const. Sarah Beckett’s family sues drunk driver that killed her

Lawsuit seeks financial compensation from Kenneth Jacob Fenton

Const. Sarah Beckett’s family sues drunk driver that killed her