Paul McLea
Detective Constable

Paul McLea

Illness
End of Watch October 19, 2007
Age 45
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Gender Male

Incident

Whilst working in his office at Knocknagoney, Belfast, on 27 September 2007, he sustained an injury to his leg in an accidental fall, as a result of which a blood clot developed subsequently causing his death from heart failure.

Died from heart failure caused by a blood clot that developed after sustaining an injury to his leg following an accidental fall, three weeks earlier, while working in his office at Knocknagoney, Belfast, on 27th September.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Constable McLea served with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Constable McLea.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Belfast, NIR
Platform Identity psni.bfs.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 2007
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Detective Constable Paul McLea 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 NIR, 50 of 599 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.3% of this state's fallen. That is 8.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Police Service of Northern Ireland, 3 of 16 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 18.8% of this agency's fallen.

Police Service of Northern Ireland
3
of 16 officers
18.8% Illness
NIR — Statewide
50
of 599 officers
8.3% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul McLea's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Paul McLea Compares

Age at Death
45
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Paul McLea is highlighted in Oct.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285