Roll of Honor
Incident
About 6:15pm, Sub-Inspector Pickering was on duty on the River Tyne, with his son-in-law, also a police officer, when their police boat was accidentally struck by another vessel and rammed against the paddle box of a steam-tug, near the Mill Dam, South Shields.
Richard, who died at the scene, had served more than twenty-seven years with the force.
His son-in-law survived the incident.
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- July 23, 2026
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Sub-Inspector Pickering served with the River Tyne Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sub-Inspector Richard Pickering 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 River Tyne Police, 4 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard Pickering's cause is highlighted.
How Richard Pickering Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Richard Pickering is highlighted in Jan.
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