Roll of Honor
Incident
One of two officers who were fatally shot while trying to apprehend an armed suspect who had earlier presented himself at West Ham Police Station and, when asked to empty his pockets, produced a gun and started shooting, narrowly missing an officer.
The man then ran out of the station, pursued by police.
Inspector Pawsey was driving to duty when he received a radio message about the armed man and shortly thereafter he located him but was shot and killed.
Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for Gallantry.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Pawsey served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Pawsey.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Inspector Philip Pawsey is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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. Philip Pawsey's cause is highlighted.
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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