| Living Unit Officer Joseph George Wendl
Correctional Service of Canada
Federal
End of Watch: Friday, July 13, 1984 Biographical Info
Age: 54
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: Friday, July 13, 1984
Incident Location: Manitoba
Weapon Used: Edged weapon
Suspect Info: Sentenced to life Living Unit Officers Wendl and Friesen were killed during an evening shift when they attempted to lock up inmates housed on the reception range. The inmates had consumed homemade alcohol (brew). The inmates attacked the officers when they were walking the range.
The inmates were sentenced to life in prison for the murders.
Both officers were employed at Stony Mountain Institution, Manitoba.
Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
