Clarence Smith

Died

29 June 1968

Age

Rank

Sergeant

Force

Cumberland, Westmorland & Carlisle Constabulary

Cause

Medical

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

Officers attended a street disturbance in Carlisle City centre during the early hours and a number of youths were arrested and taken to the police station, where Sergeant Smith collapsed and died soon afterwards from heart failure.

Collapsed at the police station and died from heart failure after returning there from a street disturbance that he and other officers attended in Carlisle City centre during the early hours, when a number of youths were arrested.