Garrett Wildridge

Dublin Metropolitan Police — Dublin, L

Illness

End of Watch February 4, 1856

Age 42

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 33

Incident

Collapsed and died of pulmonary apoplexy while on duty at Capel Street Police Office.

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170 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Wildridge served with the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Dublin Metropolitan Police

Location Dublin, L

Platform Identity dmpd.ie.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 4, 1856

Age 42

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Sergeant Garrett Wildridge 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 L, 49 of 749 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.6 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Dublin Metropolitan Police, 5 of 34 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 14.7% of this agency's fallen.

Dublin Metropolitan Police

of 34 officers

14.7% Illness

L — Statewide

of 749 officers

6.5% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness