Roll of Honor
Incident
WPC Jennings died in Orsett Hospital, Thurrock, from the injuries she sustained in the early hours of Remembrance Sunday 1989, when the police patrol car, in which she was the observer, left the Brentwood Road in Orsett and collided with a tree, while responding to a disturbance at an Acid House Party.
The driver of the vehicle was also seriously injured but survived.
Jo-Ann was appointed to Essex Police on 16th February 1987 and posted to Grays having previously served almost two years with the Special Constabulary. On 23rd October 1989, just three weeks prior to the accident, she transferred to Corringham police station.
Jo-Ann was survived by her parents and sister.
Survivors
Jo-Ann was survived by her parents and sister.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Woman Police Constable Jennings served with the Essex Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Woman Police Constable Jennings.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Woman Police Constable Jo-Ann Jennings is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Essex Police, 13 of 17 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 76.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jo-Ann Jennings's cause is highlighted.
How Jo-Ann Jennings Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jo-Ann Jennings is highlighted in Nov.
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