Thomas Allin

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary — ENG

Suicide Honored

End of Watch January 15, 1888

Age 44

The Vigil Panel 187 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 22

Incident

Took his own life by poisoning while the balance of his mind was disturbed. He had been unjustly demoted to constable without proper process or fairness in procedures leaving his integrity destroyed.

Took his own life by poisoning while the balance of his mind was disturbed. He had been unjustly demoted to constable without proper process or fairness in procedures, leaving his integrity destroyed.

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Sergeant Thomas Allin served with the Devon County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. We will always remember your sacrifice.
You belong on this wall. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity devoco.dev.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 15, 1888

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Suicide

Cause Detail Suicide

Sergeant Thomas Allin is one of 256 officers honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ENG, 39 of 2,827 officers were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 1.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.

At Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, 1 of 23 officers on record were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 4.3% of this agency's fallen.

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

of 23 officers

4.3% Suicide

ENG — Statewide

of 2,827 officers

1.4% Suicide

Nationwide

256

of 32,508 officers

0.8% Suicide