Ian Minett
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Police Constable

Ian Minett

Gloucestershire Constabulary — Cheltenham, ENG
Illness
End of Watch June 21, 2025
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident

On night duty he suddenly collapsed and died despite the efforts of his colleagues and paramedics.

Ian joined Gloucestershire Constabulary as a Special Constable in March 2006 and served with them for 13 years, leaving in September 2019.

He took up a position as a call handler in the Force Control Room at Thames Valley Police in April 2016, leaving in January 2019.

Ian then joined the Ministry of Defence Police in January 2019 and was based at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in Reading. Upon leaving this position in February 2022, he transferred back to Gloucestershire Constabulary in March 2022.

Ian was first posted to the Local Policing Investigation Hub in July 2022 until he was posted back to Cheltenham and Tewkesbury as a local Policing Constable. He continued to serve there until he died.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Minett served with the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Minett.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type State Police
Location Cheltenham, ENG
Platform Identity gco.gls.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 21, 2025
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Ian is one of 884 officers lost to illness in United Kingdom, 23.3% of the 3,791 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2025, 4 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 83rd heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

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Who

Ian was 38. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.

Age at death
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When

June holds 8.8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Saturdays: 16.6%.

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How

Illness deaths account for 23.3% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 3rd most common cause.

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His people

Gloucestershire Constabulary has 18 officers remembered here, Ian among them.

Police Constable Ian Minett

Gloucestershire Constabulary · End of Watch June 21, 2025

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