Curtis Dagenais, 43, who is accused of killing two RCMP officers near Saskatoon in 2006, has applied to have his trial moved from Battleford.

The application will delay the start of his trial. Jury selection was to have begun Sept. 15.

It will now have to wait until after the court hears Dagenais's application for a change of venue. It is not known where he wants the trial to be held.

A hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 17 in Battleford. The judge will decide if the trial will be heard elsewhere.

Const. Robin Cameron, 29, and Const. Marc Bourdages, 26, died after being shot on a rural Saskatchewan road near the community of Spiritwood, about 100 kilometres north of Saskatoon, on July 7, 2006.

Dagenais was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder after an 11-day hunt.

Howard Cameron, whose daughter was slain, told CBC News that the family is disappointed with the delay.

"It postpones the final chapter in this tragic story where we as a family are looking for closure," Cameron said from his home on the Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation reserve.

"The longer it lingers, the longer we have to wait. And it's difficult enough to try and make our life as normal as we can make it without our daughter."

The request was made Monday by Dagenais's defence lawyer, Bill Roe, during a pre-trial conference call with the judge and Crown prosecutor.