Officers Killed in The Line of Duty
See also: List of British police officers killed in the line of dutyThe Police Roll of Honour Trust lists and commemorates all British police officers killed in the line of duty. The Police Memorial Trust, since its establishment in 1984, has erected over 38 memorials to some of those officers.
Since 1893 the following officers of Cleveland Police were killed while attempting to prevent or stop a crime in progress:
- Police Constable William Henderson, 1893 (shot attempting to disarm a man).
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Famous quotes containing the words officers, killed, line and/or duty:
“No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political purposes on officers or subordinates should be allowed.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“But, on more accounts than one, I had had enough of moose-hunting. I had not come to the woods for this purpose, nor had I foreseen it, though I had been willing to learn how the Indian manvred; but one moose killed was as good, if not as bad, as a dozen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)