Joseph Doris

Strathclyde Police — SCT

Accident

End of Watch July 5, 1982

Age 30

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 34

Incident

Fatally injured in police vehicle involved in a road traffic accident.

Fatally injured when the police vehicle in which he was travelling was involved in a road traffic accident on the south side of Glasgow.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Doris served with the Strathclyde Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Doris.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Strathclyde Police

Location SCT

Platform Identity spd.glg.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 5, 1982

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Joseph Doris 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Strathclyde Police, 19 of 35 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 54.3% of this agency's fallen.

Strathclyde Police

of 35 officers

54.3% Accident

SCT — Statewide

149

of 308 officers

48.4% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident