These officers gave their lives to protecting the public
Each day, brave officers walk towards conflict most members of the public would run away from. For some officers, that bravery has cost them their lives.If you're interested in all the latest from Lancashire's courts, sign up to our newsletter at the bottom of this story.PC Ian Woodward On February 25, 1987, PC Ian Woodward was brutally murdered by a poacher on farm land near his home in Charnock Richard.
PCs Angela Bradley, Gordon Connolly and Colin Morrison On January 5, 1983, Scottish holiday maker Alistair Anthony, 25, went into the sea near Gynn Square, Blackpool, to rescue his Jack Russell dog. The dog was in trouble in choppy water, but the rescue attempt set of a chain of events which cost the lives of three brave officers.
Det Insp O'Donnell was trying to negotiate with a gunman who had murdered his wife and child when he too was shot. Det nsp O'Donnell was unarmed when he went into the house to speak to Henry King, a labourer who had been discharged from the RAF due to psychiatric problems. PC John Parker On November 28, 1868, a spaniel was running amok in Friargate, Preston. The dog had already bitten a nine-year-old boy and four adults when PC Parker stepped in to intervene.
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