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8 stouffville suntribune saturday august 1 1 2007 plunketts funeral largest in yorks history chief says byjoefantauzzi staff writer traffic parking a huge proces sion all aspects of a funeral requir ing planning for a fallen police officer and all went according to plan his boss said with detconst robert plun- kett now laid to rest more details have emerged about the mas sive effort behind what has been described as the largest police funeral in york regions history it was an extremely large undertaking chief armand la barge said it was a large not just by a york region perspective but large by a police funeral perspec tive we were very pleased it went offthewayitdid as many as 8000 people attended the service with between 6000 and 7000 being police officers from across can ada and as far away as new york city police funerals are left to the discretion of family members and in light of the circumstances that kind of decision is pondered it often takes a couple of days chief la barge said in detconst plunketts case a committee of 25 including deputy chiefs superintendents inspectors and staff sergeants with expertise in different areas were identified by the regions top cop and set to work on the logis tics of the funeral catering communications security and the preparation of the ray twinney recreation com plex needed to be set in motion the hockey arena was chosen as the venue for a number of rea sons including its close proximity to police headquarters and being in york region where police believed they could more easily influence traffic flow there was also a sentimental reason i cant remember a more significant time in robs career than the 2000 special olympics spring games and that is where we held the opening ceremony chief la barge said we thought what more of a fitting place than the ray twinney complex hospitality for mourners also needed to be taken care of police officials from every cor- ner of the province and beyond contacted chief la barge express ing condolences and support h reached by ontario provincial police commissioner julian fan- tino from italy chief la barge was told the provinces law enforce ment boss said a prayer for det- const plunkett in a local house of worship you cant help but be proud of the profession we work in when you see that kind of response chief la barge said despite the civic holiday week end falling in the middle of prepa ration- work went on a recruit class that started tuesday was brought in to set up phairs and staging for the funeral those officers will remember their first days as police officers for the rest of their lives chief la i barge believes civilian employees were also invited to march with sworn offi cers robert plunkett york regional police detconst was killed in line of duty aug 2 floor model furniture rugs lamps mirrors pictures accents queens pantry 176 main stunionviiie 9054774625 queensbridge mill 416019th avenue markham 9058871127 mmfm it lbs car audio car audio tinting rims 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