Dennis Arthur Smith QPM

Died =>21 December 1973

Force => Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

Rank =>Police Constable

Age =>44

Cause =>Homicide - Shot

Duty Status =>On Duty

Shot three times at point blank range and left to die as he attempted to arrest the armed driver of a suspect vehicle he had pursued and subsequently stopped in Rosehill Road, in the Warberries area of Torquay. Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for Gallantry.