Roll of Honor
Incident
On duty as an instructor at the Marina pool, Folkestone, being of the staff at No 6 Police training centre, Sandgate he was testing the new police recruits. Having examined the recruits he swam in the pool, he got out and collapsed; two officers began CPR but this was unsuccessful.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Howard served with the Kent County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Howard.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Jack Howard 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 Kent County Constabulary, 13 of 52 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jack Howard's cause is highlighted.
How Jack Howard Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jack Howard is highlighted in Mar.
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