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 1900 the following officers of the City of London Police were killed while attempting to prevent or stop a crime in progress:
- Sgt Robert Bentley, PC Walter Choat and Sgt Charles Tucker, 1910 (all fatally shot prior to the Siege of Sidney Street).
- Cmdr Hugh Moore QPM, 1993 (suffered heart failure following a violent arrest).
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