STATES OF JERSEY POLICE
Lest we Forget
George Le Cronier
Centenier
Island of Jersey
Died 28 February 1846, aged 72
While attempting to arrest a woman on a charge of keeping a brothel, she took a large carving knife off a table and stabbed him in the stomach causing internal bleeding from which he died the following day.
The woman was convicted of his killing and sentenced to transportation for life.
He had served for 8 years in the honorary office of Centenier and is one of the oldest peace officers known to have been killed on duty.
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Frank John Dutot
Police Sergeant Jersey Police Died 28 April 1949 |
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While engaged on crowd control during motor racing on St. Helier, one of the racing drivers lost control on a bend and his vehicle crashed into the officer who was fatally injured.
A Memorial plaque was dedicated at Police Headquarters by the Centeniers of the Island and his colleagues of the Jersey Police Force.
Lest we Forget
Last updated 31 December 2006
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