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A personal funeral service for Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala can be held Wednesday in his hometown of Barrie.

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Pierzchala, 28, was fatally shot on Dec. 27 whereas responding to a car in a ditch west of Hagersville in Haldimand County.

The OPP mentioned in a information launch Monday that the funeral service, which can be held at 11 a.m. on the Sadlon Enviornment, 555 Bayview Dr., can be attended by the constable’s household, their company, OPP members, representatives from different police companies, Canadian Armed Forces members, emergency companies personnel and officers.

“The funeral service is just not open to the general public.”

The OPP mentioned the general public can view the funeral on OPP social media platforms: YouTube (@ontarioprovincialpolice); Twitter (@OPP_News) and Fb (@ontarioprovincialpolice).

Haldimand County mentioned it would livestream the funeral on Wednesday at Caledonia Lions Corridor, 100 Haddington St., Caledonia

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Doorways to the corridor open at 10:30 a.m.

“Our ideas are with PC Pierzchala’s household and associates and all those that served alongside him,” Haldimand Mayor Shelley Bentley mentioned in a information launch. “Haldimand County is a close-knit neighborhood and lots of are feeling this loss deeply. Becoming a member of in remembrance on the native stage is a method that we will come collectively as a neighborhood to grieve and honour a hero taken a lot too quickly.”

A e book of condolences can be accessible on the corridor.

The e book will then stay accessible on the Haldimand County Administration Constructing in Cayuga till Friday,

Randall McKenzie, 25, of Kingston and Brandi Crystal Lyn Stewart-Sperry, 30, of Hamilton are charged with first-degree homicide within the constable’s loss of life.