Roll of Honor
Incident
During the late evening officers responded to a call for help from a member of the public near a Catholic church on the Drumbeg housing estate at Lismore Manor, in the Lismore area of Craigavon in County Armagh, 26 miles south-west of Belfast.
Constable Carroll and colleagues were providing backup for officers at the scene when shots were fired through the rear window of their unmarked car and he was hit in the head and killed.
He worked on the Tactical Support Group and had 24 years’ service with the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC and the Police Service of Northern Ireland at the time of his murder and he was the first member of the PSNI to be murdered by paramilitaries since it succeeded the RUC in 2001.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Carroll served with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Carroll.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Stephen Paul Carroll is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In NIR, 422 of 599 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.5% of this state's fallen. That is 70.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Police Service of Northern Ireland, 3 of 16 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 18.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stephen Paul Carroll's cause is highlighted.
How Stephen Paul Carroll Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Stephen Paul Carroll is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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