Officers Killed in The Line of Duty
See also: List of British police officers killed in the line of dutyThe Police Memorial Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty, and since its establishment in 1984 has erected over 38 memorials to some of those officers.
Since 1900, the following Avon and Somerset officers were killed while attempting to prevent or stop a crime in progress:
- Supt William Balkwill, 1900: Fatally injured while restraining a violent prisoner.
- DC Reginald Charles Grady, 1945: Collapsed and died during a violent arrest.
- PC Peter Leonard Deans and PC Jonathan Michael Stapley, 1984: Their vehicle crashed during a police pursuit.
- WPC Deborah Leat, 1986: Her vehicle she was driving crashed during a police pursuit.
- PC Stephen Jones, 1999: Attempted to stop a stolen vehicle but was run over.
- Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) David Leslie Adams, 28 April 2009 Died of a suspected heart attack whilst attending a road traffic collision whilst on duty in Woolverton near Frome. PCSO Adams had previously been a Traffic Warden with his Force before becoming one of the constabularies first PCSO’s. During his service he won an award in 2007 for outstanding customer service in the Somerset East District at the Avon and Somerset Community Police Awards.
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