September 12th 2009, Society Directors James Pearson and Chaplain Jim Turner attended the RCMP Memorial in Depot (Regina, SK) and presented Commanding Officer 'K Division' Deputy Commissiner R.R. (Rod) Knecht with Memorial Plaques honouring two RCMP Officers Constable, James LUNDBLAD and Cst. Jose AGOSTINHO, who died in the line of duty serving Alberta.

Since 1998 the Canadian Government designated the last Sunday of September as the Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Day. In Ottawa there is the National Memorial while most Provinces have thier own. In 2009 Vancouver Police hosted the BC Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Day. It was held in Brockton Oval at Stanley Park. There were approximately 1000 uniform officers on parade from RCMP and Vancouver Police, Canadian and Provincal Corrections, CBSA and US officers.

Members of the RCMP marching towards Brockton Oval.

A drum head alter was erected making the oval 'sacred ground' for the Memorial Ceremony to continue.

VPD Chief Constable Jim Chu and escort with the wreath being laid on behalf of the Vancouver Police Department which has lost 16 officers since 1886.

Municipal Officers saluting the "Fallen Heroes"

On June 6 2009, "My Own Back Yard" (MOBY) in conjunction with MOSAIC unveiled a the 'Larry Young Memorial Park' under the 'Skytrain" line at 11th Avenue and Commercial Drive in Vancouver. This park, with the help of the community, through donations (including the Ribbon Society) and labour, converted a rundown unused area into a children's park for all the families in the neighbourhood to use. It was named after Vancouver Police Sergeant Larry Young who was killed in the line of duty, in 1987, as a member of the Emergency Response Team. The park was unveiled by Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu and the MOBY Coordinator Tina Dam.

On June 6 2009, "My Own Back Yard" (MOBY) unveiled the Jose Agostinho Memorial Park' in Leduc Alberta. This park, with the help of the community, through donations (including the Ribbon Society) and labour, converted a greenspace in too a children's park for all the families in the neighbourhood to use. It was named after RCMP (Wetaskiwin Detachment in Alberta) Constable Jose Agostinho who was killed in the line of duty, on July 5 2005, in a traffic incident. The park was unveiled by members of the community and the MOBY Coordinator Shannon Moroz.