Roll of Honor
Incident
On Monday 2nd May 2016 Dougie was on duty en route to an emergency call at the Travel Inn, Edinburgh Road in Bellshill when he collapsed. He was rushed to Wishaw General Hospital but died in the early hours of Tuesday 3rd May 2016.
Died in Wishaw General Hospital the day after he collapsed while responding to an emergency call at the Travel Inn, Edinburgh Road, Bellshill, Lanarkshire.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Wiggins served with the Police Service of Scotland.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Wiggins.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Douglas Wiggins is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 35.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Police Service of Scotland, 3 of 8 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 37.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Douglas Wiggins's cause is highlighted.
How Douglas Wiggins Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Douglas Wiggins is highlighted in May.
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