Revelstoke gathers in memory of Sgt. Kim Hall

Over two dozen RCMP officers in red serge lined the front rows of the Revelstoke United Church on Jan. 19 to remember Sgt. Kim Hall, a well liked police officer and community member who passed away suddenly on Jan. 12 following a stroke.
The community gathering remembered a person who served in a leadership role in several detachments in B.C. and also served as a mother of three and grandmother of three.
Staff-Sgt. Kurt Grabinsky led a service for Sgt. Hall, describing his comrade as “a compassionate, considerate person who took things to heart.”
He described a person who “spoke often and fondly of her family” and always took time to visit and treat her extended family with love and gifts.
Grabinsky spoke of Hall’s determination to become a police officer, and dedication to her job.
She relocated from Manitoba to Quebec with her three children to study French after being told by an RCMP recruiter it would help her application. She later attended college to bolster her application and completed about five years in total of prerequisites before finally achieving her goal.
Sgt. Hall worked her way up to Sergeant, and served as acting Detachment Commander in Revelstoke for about six months in 2011.
Hall worked on domestic violence issues in the communities she served, including here in Revelstoke. At the memorial, there were many representatives from social service organizations that deal with domestic violence issues.
Grabinsky said Hall’s sudden passing was a sad event for members of the detachment. He thanked the community for their outpouring if sympathy in cards, messages and other expressions of condolence that were brought to the police station.
“[Hall] loved being a member of a world-class organization that stood for everything she did,” Grabinsky said. “She will be missed.”