John David Taylor

Died

23 November 1986

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Staffordshire Police

Cause

Homicide

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died after being pushed from the seventh floor of a block of flats while attempting to arrest a burglar.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died after being pushed from the seventh floor of a block of flats while attempting to arrest a burglar.

Circumstances

Fatally injured when pushed from a building while arresting a burglar.

PC Taylor was fatally injured when he was pushed from the seventh floor of a block of flats in Honeywall, in the Penkhull area of Stoke-on-Trent, while attempting to arrest a burglar.