RCMP funeral to honour B.C. officer

 CBC News Posted: Nov 20, 2012 8:18 AM PT

Adrian Oliver, 28, joined the force in 2008 and arrived at the Surrey branch in 2009. He was the second generation of his family to service with the RCMP. (CBC)

Hundreds of red serge-clad Mounties will march through Langley, B.C., this afternoon as part of the funeral procession honouring RCMP Const. Adrian Oliver, who died last week in a collision in Surrey.  After the march, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and several other top Mounties will attend his regimental funeral, along with B.C. Justice Minister Shirley Bond, and police officers and border security officers from across Metro Vancouver, B.C., Canada, the United States and Australia. Oliver joined the force in 2008 and arrived at the Surrey branch in 2009. He was the second generation of his family to service with the RCMP. Oliver, 28, was killed when his unmarked patrol car collided with a semi truck in a Surrey intersection as he was wrapping up his overnight shift during the early morning hours of Nov. 13. The cause of the collision remains unclear and Vancouver police have taken over the investigation.