Alexander J McMahon

City of Glasgow Police — SCT

Illness

End of Watch December 18, 1893

Age 40

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 65

Incident

Died a few days after becoming unwell following night-time observations.

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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Detective Officer McMahon served with the City of Glasgow Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department City of Glasgow Police

Location SCT

Platform Identity gpd.glg.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 18, 1893

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Detective Officer Alexander J McMahon is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 35.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At City of Glasgow Police, 23 of 66 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 34.8% of this agency's fallen.

City of Glasgow Police

of 66 officers

34.8% Illness

SCT — Statewide

109

of 308 officers

35.4% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Illness