Michael Ivor Tucker
Sergeant

Michael Ivor Tucker

Wiltshire Constabulary — Devizes, ENG
Illness
End of Watch November 5, 1991
Age 49
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Gender Male

Incident

Died in hospital from heart failure after collapsing while on a firearms training course.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Tucker served with the Wiltshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Tucker.

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

Agency

Location Devizes, ENG
Platform Identity wco.wil.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 5, 1991
Age 49
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Sergeant Michael Ivor Tucker is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At Wiltshire Constabulary, 8 of 28 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Wiltshire Constabulary
8
of 28 officers
28.6% Illness
ENG — Statewide
719
of 2,827 officers
25.4% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Ivor Tucker's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Michael Ivor Tucker Compares

Age at End of Watch
49
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Ivor Tucker is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285