Roll of Honor
Incident
Shortly before 8:00am on the morning of 3rd October 2007, PC Mitchell was travelling to report for duty in Tonbridge when she lost control of her motorcycle and was then struck by a car near The Chequers Inn on Cranbrook Road in Goudhurst.
Katie, from Kingsnorth near Ashford, joined Kent Police in 1996 and during her career she had been based at Ashford, Thanet and Tonbridge.
Chief Superintendent Mark Salisbury, the West Kent Area Commander, said “Those who worked with her and knew her will remember her vibrant, bubbly personality as well as her commitment and enthusiasm towards her work”.
Katie had attended the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Faversham and later studied at Leeds University.
In her spare time, as an animal lover, she volunteered at the Big Cat Sanctuary near Ashford.
She is survived by her parents.
Survivors
She is survived by her parents.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Mitchell served with the Kent Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Mitchell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Katie Louise Mitchell is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Kent Police, 5 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Katie Louise Mitchell's cause is highlighted.
How Katie Louise Mitchell Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Katie Louise Mitchell is highlighted in Oct.
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