Lewis Bentley

Leicester Borough Police — ENG

Illness

End of Watch April 4, 1886

Age 51

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Collapsed and died of heart failure after being assaulted during a violent arrest.

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140 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Bentley served with the Leicester Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Leicester Borough Police

Location ENG

Platform Identity lbpd.lce.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1886

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Lewis Bentley 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 Leicester Borough Police, 3 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Leicester Borough Police

of 5 officers

60% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness