Incident
Collapsed and died in the early hours of the morning while speaking to two of his Constables near Kirk Square, Arbroath.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Suttie served with the Arbroath Burgh Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Suttie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Inspector John Soutar Suttie 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Soutar Suttie's cause is highlighted.
How John Soutar Suttie Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Soutar Suttie is highlighted in Mar.