2004
Lest We Forget
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Sarah Jane
Minskip |
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The officer finished an extended tour of night duty, after dealing with a prisoner at Taunton, and was travelling home, when her motorcycle was in collision with a vehicle at Ashill and she sustained fatal head injuries.
Sarah was a Probationary Constable with 8 months
service, having formerly worked for Somerset Social Services. She had been stationed
at Taunton since December 2003.
Sarah was survived by her mother and half-brother
and her fiancé with whom she lived.
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Richard
Patrick Gunn |
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Killed while responding to an emergency call in Woking, when his police car was in collision with a van at Lightwater, although his vehicle subsequently caught fire he died instantly from injuries sustained in the collision.
Richard had six years police service,
he was based at Camberley where he had worked on a targeted patrol team for
the last two years and was a respected and popular officer.
Richard was survived by his parents,
younger brother, and his fiancée with
whom he lived.
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Garry
Alexander Wells |
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Whilst undertaking a two day officer safety training course with the Marine Support Unit, he was on the second day of the course when he collapsed and died of heart failure at the training venue, HMS President, St. Katharine's Way, London E1.
Garry had almost 29 years police service; he
was an operational officer and senior training instructor for the MSU stationed at Wapping and was the longest
serving officer on the Unit having joined the former Thames Division 24 years
earlier. He was involved in Charity work, as a yacht master with the London
Sailing Project and a volunteer crew member with the RNLI Tower Lifeboat .
Garry was survived by his wife,
his mother and sister.
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Michael
Swindells Q.G.M. |
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The unarmed detective responded to assist other officers trying to detain a deranged man making threats with a knife in the Nechells area of Birmingham, he chased the man along a narrow canal path and as he attempted to arrest the suspect, he was stabbed in the heart and fatally wounded.
A 48 year old man was charged with murder but convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and sentenced to be detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.
D.C. Swindells was posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal in January 2007.
Mick, a former soldier, had joined the force in October
1990 and was stationed at Queens Road
police station in Aston.
He was survived by his wife and a daughter aged
18 years.
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Mark
Leach |
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Killed when his motorcycle was involved in a collision with two other vehicles near Lymm, while returning home to Warrington from night duty at Knutsford.
Mark had joined Cheshire Constabulary in March
2001 on transfer from Staffordshire Police and was stationed at Knutsford on
uniform patrol.
He was survived by his wife, a daughter aged
8 years and a son aged 6 years.
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Catherine
Sutcliffe |
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Collapsed on 8th August while attending a routine incident on duty and was hospitalised until her subsequent death from a cerebral haemorrhage.
Cate had 13 years police service and was stationed
at Whalley Police Station, Ribble Valley.
She was survived by her parents,
brother and her partner with whom she lived.
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Joseph
Gerard Taggart |
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Collapsed and died while on duty within Helen Street Police Office, Glasgow.
Joe had 25 years police service and was highly
regarded in his role as the divisional race relations officer.
He was survived by his wife,
two daughters and two sons.
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Derrick
Scougal |
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Collapsed and died while on duty in Ayr where he was attending a national police conference.
Derrick was a native of Edinburgh and had studied
at Aberdeen University and Oxford before joining Northumbria Police in 1984.
He transferred to Fife Constabluary as ACC in charge of all operational
matters in 2002.
He was survived by his wife and two sons aged 17 and 14.
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Paul Linden
Owen |
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Fatally injured on 19th October, while on duty attending a local authority community safety meeting, when he was accidentally struck by a bus while on foot crossing the road in Dudley.
Paul had 29 years service and was stationed
at Halesowen Police Station where he worked in the community safety bureau as
a young persons officer; he was well respected by his colleagues whom he had
represented on the Police Federation Constable's Branch Board for
5 years.
He was survived by his wife and 12 year old daughter and two adult
sons from a previous marriage.
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Jonathan
Kevin Green |
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Killed in a road accident while travelling home after finishing duty in the late evening, when his car left the road and struck a tree near Barnard Castle.
Johnny had been appointed to the Constabulary
in June 2001 and was stationed
at Barnard Castle on uniform beat duty.
He was survived by his parents and
younger sister.
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Kevin
Brian Biglin |
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Collapsed and died from heart failure soon after he became unwell whilst undergoing officer safety training at Lowestoft Police Station.
Kevin had completed eight years service and
was stationed at Lowestoft on uniform patrol duties; he had been awarded the
Chief Constable's Certificate of Merit in 1999.
He was survived by his wife
and son aged 14 years.
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Valroy
O'Neil Hodgson |
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Died as a result of complications of an injury sustained on 12 December during officer safety training at the Police Training Centre in Birmingham.
O'Neil was stationed at Sutton Coldfield; first
appointed in May 1988, he had taken a career break between 1990-1993 and in
2002 served with West Mercia Constabulary.
He was survived by his wife and
two daughters aged 17 and 10 years.
Lest We Forget
