Colin Sheppard

Avon and Somerset Constabulary — Bristol, ENG

Illness

End of Watch September 16, 1996

Age 54

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 17

Incident

Died seventeen years after being paralysed in a motorcycle accident while on duty.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Location Bristol, ENG

Platform Identity asco.bst.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 16, 1996

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Sergeant Colin Sheppard 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 Avon and Somerset Constabulary, 4 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

of 18 officers

22.2% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness