Roll of Honor
Incident
Residential at the Scottish Police College Tulliallan for firearms training he resided over night and in the morning his colleagues became concerned he didn’t join them for breakfast.
Attending at his room he was found to have collapsed and died of heart failure within.
Stephen joined Lothian & Borders Police in October 1994 after attending Edinburgh University.
He had served on the Firearms Support Unit since 2005 and as a National Firearms Instructor since 2009.
He is survived by his wife, their daughter and son, and his parents.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, their daughter and son, and his parents.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Cully served with the Lothian & Borders Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Cully.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Stephen George Cully 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 SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 26.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Lothian & Borders Police, 5 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stephen George Cully's cause is highlighted.
How Stephen George Cully Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Stephen George Cully is highlighted in Sep.
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