William Dickson

Dundee City Police — SCT

Illness

End of Watch October 21, 1911

Age 52

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 12

Incident

Collapsed and died of heart failure while patrolling his beat at night.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Dickson served with the Dundee City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Dickson.

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

Agency

Department Dundee City Police

Location SCT

Platform Identity dpd.dnd.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 21, 1911

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Sergeant William Dickson 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 Dundee City Police, 5 of 13 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 38.5% of this agency's fallen.

Dundee City Police

of 13 officers

38.5% Illness

SCT — Statewide

109

of 308 officers

35.4% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Illness