Roll of Honor
Incident
Died from complications after sustaining severe injuries when he was stabbed in the stomach while making an arrest nearly eleven years earlier, in January 1985.
While en route back to Peckham Police Station he stepped into a shop that had just been robbed but was stabbed as he tackled the male perpetrator. After five months in a coma PC Hammond returned to light duties but never fully recovered from his injuries and retired in 1990.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Hammond served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Hammond.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable George Pickburn Hammond is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 702 of 2,827 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 29.4 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At Metropolitan Police, 185 of 729 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 25.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George Pickburn Hammond's cause is highlighted.
How George Pickburn Hammond Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. George Pickburn Hammond is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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