The Victoria Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its officers.
Const. Ian Jordan died Wednesday evening after being in a coma for more than 30 years due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash while on duty.
Jordan was injured during the early morning hours of Sept. 22, 1987, while responding to a potential break and enter in progress on Fort Street. As members of the Victoria Police Department raced to the scene, JordanB次元官网网址檚 vehicle and another VicPD car collided at the intersection of Douglas and Fisgard streets.
His injuries left him in a coma until his death on April 11.
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The University of Victoria law school established a bursary in JordanB次元官网网址檚 name, to honour his contributions to law enforcement, and to the school, of which he was a graduate in 1984.
A funeral with full police honours is being planned but details have not be announced yet.
