Roll of Honor
Incident
Died when he came off his motorcycle which crashed near Hemel Hempstead whilst travelling home in the late evening from duty at Harrow.
He joined the police in 1997 and was working on the Harrow Weald Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
He is survived by his wife, son and their daughter born 6 weeks later.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, son and their daughter born 6 weeks later.
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- April 8, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Swadling served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Swadling.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Ian Paul Swadling 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 Metropolitan Police, 306 of 729 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ian Paul Swadling's cause is highlighted.
How Ian Paul Swadling Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ian Paul Swadling is highlighted in May.
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