The funeral for slain OPP Const. Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala is taking place in Barrie today (Jan. 4), starting at 11 a.m.
The funeral cortege started around 9:30 a.m. at Adams Funeral Home (445 St. Vincent St.) and travelled to Sadlon Arena at 555 Bayview Drive.
You can watch the live stream here when it begins.
The 28-year-old constable was shot and killed last week near Hagersville, Ont. He had been with OPP for just more than a year and had been notified he had passed his 10-month probation period just hours before his death.
Pierzchala was born in Toronto, but grew up in Barrie, attending St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School.
Beginning at approximately 9:15 a.m., OPP and other attending services' members began marching from Big Bay Point Road, south on Bayview Drive to the Sadlon Arena. Members were positioned along Bayview Drive to honour the funeral cortege as it passed by.
