Robert Foster

Essex Police — Chelmsford, ENG

Illness

End of Watch August 10, 1998

Age 44

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 16

Incident

Collapsed and died of heart failure on a firearms course in Yorkshire.

Collapsed and died of heart failure while on a firearms course in Yorkshire.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Foster served with the Essex Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Foster.

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

Agency

Department Essex Police

Location Chelmsford, ENG

Platform Identity epd.ess.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 10, 1998

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Robert Foster 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 Essex Police, 2 of 17 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.8% of this agency's fallen.

Essex Police

of 17 officers

11.8% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness