John Shevlin

Merseyside Police — Liverpool, ENG

Accident

End of Watch November 10, 1997

Age 36

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 13

Incident

Died following two years in a coma after his police car crashed.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Merseyside Police

Location Liverpool, ENG

Platform Identity mpd.liv.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 10, 1997

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable John Shevlin 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 Merseyside Police, 10 of 14 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Merseyside Police

of 14 officers

71.4% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident