David Matthew Wynn (October 18, 1972 – January 21, 2015) was a Canadian police officer in the St. Albert RCMP in Alberta.
David Wynn was shot and killed by Shawn Rehn in St. Albert's Apex Casino during a routine license plate check.
He is the namesake of a defeated bill, Wynn's Law, that would have made it more difficult for suspects to make bail if they had a criminal history.
[1] Before becoming a police officer, Wynn was a paramedic for Emergency Health Services in Bridgewater, NS from between 1996 and 2009.
David Wynn was shot in the head during a routine license plate check on January 17, 2015.
Among notable attendees were then Prime Minister Stephen Harper and then Alberta Premier Jim Prentice.
[4] The bill was introduced by Senator Bob Runciman on February 3, 2016, and was sponsored by MP Michael Cooper.
It was named after Wynn because his killer Shawn Rehn had been out on bail at the time of the shootings, despite having many previous charges.
It was argued that these previous charges should have been disclosed at Rehn's bail hearing, and that such a change might have prevented Wynn's death.