Brett Diemert: Sask Protective Services Medal

Friday was a special day: Brett Diemert, Kindersley resident, my neighbour, and a Conservation Officer with the Ministry of Environment, was awarded the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal. Congratulations Brett on this significant achievement!

Brett Diemert Awarded His Medal

The medal was presented to Mr. Diemert by Her Honour, The Honourable Vaughn Solomon Schofield, S.O.M., S.V.M. Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. It was a very formal event involving the Provincial Protocol Office.

Mr. Diemert Standing for his Introduction

The Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal was inaugurated to recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by safety and security personnel in Saskatchewan. The 'medal recognizes twenty-five years of exemplary service by individuals in the public sector working in a direct capacity to ensure the safety and security of Saskatchewan citizens. It is presented by the Lieutenant Governor or her designate."

Banner of the Medal

The Provincial Emblems and Honours Act

Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal

23.1

(1) The Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal is established as an official honour of the Crown in right of Saskatchewan.

(2) The object of the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal is to recognize individuals who have provided 25 years or more of exemplary service in law enforcement or other safety or security services in Saskatchewan.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal may be awarded to individuals with fewer than 25 years of service in law enforcement or other safety or security services in Saskatchewan if those individuals are considered deserving by the council.

(4) The insignia of the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal includes a circular medal surmounted by the Royal Crown and bearing a lion on a western red lily superimposed on a shield and displaying the motto “Qui Civitatem Tuentur” and “Saskatchewan”, worn with a green and gold ribbon.

(5) Recipients of the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal shall receive a certificate signed by the Lieutenant Governor, a full-size medal, a miniature medal, an undress ribbon and a lapel pin.

The Medal Table

Mr. Diemert started his career in Buffalo Narrows, where he met Tammy, his long suffering wife (it seems to me any partner of someone in protective services, Fire, EMS, Police, Conservation Officers suffers). From there they moved onto a community near Meadow Lake, then Spiritwood and now in Kindersley where Mr. Diemert calls home with his parents and siblings. On the day they were unpacking boxes in Kindersley during their move to Kindersley they heard about the shooting deaths of the RCMP Officers in Spiritwood. Shortly thereafter Mr. Diemert was asked to return to Spiritwood to help find the assailant. The latin motto on the medal translates "He defended the City." (Latin has masculine and feminine)

Brett and Tammy Diemert

Success is the result not only of hard work but also the support of a loving partner and sacrifice by family. Congratulations to Tammy and their three children for the success of their husband and father!