Dennis Arthur Smith QPM

Died

21 December 1973

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and killed as he attempted to arrest an armed suspect. Posthumously awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and killed as he attempted to arrest an armed suspect. Posthumously awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry.

Circumstances

The officer had stopped a suspect vehicle he had pursued at Torquay and was attempting to arrest the driver who was armed with a pistol when he was shot three times at point blank range and left to die.

Posthumously awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry.

Shot three times at point blank range and left to die as he attempted to arrest the armed driver of a suspect vehicle that he had pursued and subsequently stopped in Rosehill Road, in the Warberries area of Torquay.

Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for Gallantry.