Bruce Gordon

Bruce Gordon (November 14, 1962 – September 29, 2017) served as Saskatoon Detective Sergeant for the Saskatoon Police Service in the Sex Crimes Unit and the Major Crime/Homicide Unit. Gordon was an all-round athlete, Director of Investigations, and graduated from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2016.

Early life Gordon grew up on a farm near Marsden, Saskatchewan.

Later years Gordon was a forward with the Saskatoon Blades and Medicine Hat Tigers, a hockey player who became the Saskatoon Blades captain during the early 1980s. He also coached midget hockey. Before his death Gordon was honoured with a Bruce Gordon banner in the SaskTel Centre, and players adorned their hockey helmets with #BeLikeBruce stickers.

Gordon was also active as a swimmer, weightlifter, and cyclist. When he was in the last days of Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, hundreds of people came to Saskatoon's Avalon Park in a crossfit flash workout to honour him.

Gordon started out in C Platoon with the Saskatoon Police Service before moving up through the Service as Saskatoon Detective Sergeant in the Sex Crimes Unite as well as the Major Crime/Homicide Unit.

Then Gordon turned to a career as detective of investigations in British Columbia for the inaugural civilian oversight of police officers. Following his stay in British Columbia, Gordon returned to school to study law at the University of Saskatchewan in order to become a defence lawyer. As a student, Gordon kept active with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan as well as the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. At the same time as Gordon was called to the bar, his wife Chris graduated from the Edward's School of Business. Police Chief Clive Weighill made an announcement at the special ceremony held to call Gordon to the bar. In tribute to Bruce Gordon, the Saskatoon Police gym was named the Bruce Gordon Physical Fitness Centre.

World Pancreatic Day on November 19 is honoured with the #BeLikeBruce Memorial Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund established by his family which is housed at the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.