Officers Killed On Duty
- 7 November 1883, Mounted Constable John Shirley Died 7 November 1883, aged 27 years from dehydration while searching for men who had murdered a man at Lawson’s Creek.
- 1 August 1933, Mounted Constable Albert Stewart McColl was speared to death at Woodah Island in Arnhem Land.
- 17 August 1948, Constable Maxwell Gilbert Died 17 August 1948, aged 27 years when the vehicle he was driving overturned just north of Wauchope. He was escorting a prisoner to Alice Springs.
- 9 June 1952, Constable William Bryan Condon was shot twice after confronting a gunman.
- 16 June 1967, Inspector Louis Hook died from extensive injuries from a rollover near Pine Creek.
- 9 June 1970, Sergeant Colin Eckert was killed in a head-on collision in Katherine.
- 11 December 1981, Senior Constable Allen Price aged 44 years died of a heart attack while attempting to stop a disturbance in Mataranka.
- 29 January 1984, Detective Sergeant Ian Bradford died when the police vehicle he was a passenger in went over the edge of the wharf in Darwin.
- 3 August 1999, Brevet Sergeant Glen Huitson was killed in a gun battle with bushman Rodney Ansell on the Stuart Highway.
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