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 erects memorials to some of those officers. Since 1900, the following officers of Hertfordshire Constabulary are listed by the Trust as having been killed while attempting to prevent, stop or solve a criminal act:
- PC Frank Edwin Hulme, 1958 (collapsed and died after a violent arrest)
- PC Arthur William Burch and PC Anthony Richard Silcock, 1960 (their vehicle crashed during a police pursuit)
- WPC Mandy Dawn Rayner, 1982 (fatally injured when her stationary vehicle was struck during a police pursuit)
- PC Francis John Mason QGM, 1988 (shot, posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal)
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