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.
The following officers of North Yorkshire Police are listed by the Trust as having died attempting to prevent, stop or solve a crime, since the turn of the 20th century:
- Acting DC Norman Garnham, 1977 (fatally stabbed during an arrest)
- PC David Ian Haigh (shot dead by Barry Prudom)
- Sgt David Thomas Winter (shot dead by Barry Prudom)
- Special Constable Glenn Thomas Goodman, 1992 (shot dead; posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct)
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