The criteria to add a police officer’s name on the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation’s Wall of Honour is noted below.

1. The deceased member must have been a sworn member of a police service.
2. The Death must have occurred as a result of a traumatic event influenced by an external agent.
3. The deceased member must have been on duty at the time of death, or if off duty, acting in the capacity of a police officer, or the circumstances leading to the death must have been brought about because of the deceased’s official status.
4. The deceased must have acted in good faith in doing everything that could reasonably have been expected.
5. Notwithstanding all of the above, the Committee may consider any set of circumstances which lead to a death of a member of a police service.