Roll of Honor
Incident
Whilst working in his office at Knocknagoney, Belfast, on 27 September 2007, he sustained an injury to his leg in an accidental fall, as a result of which a blood clot developed subsequently causing his death from heart failure.
Died from heart failure caused by a blood clot that developed after sustaining an injury to his leg following an accidental fall, three weeks earlier, while working in his office at Knocknagoney, Belfast, on 27th September.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Constable McLea served with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Constable McLea.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Constable Paul McLea 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 NIR, 50 of 599 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Police Service of Northern Ireland, 3 of 16 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 18.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul McLea's cause is highlighted.
How Paul McLea Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Paul McLea is highlighted in Oct.
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