Sharon Beshenivsky

Died

18 November 2005

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

West Yorkshire Police

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and killed when she and a colleague responded to a personal attack alarm.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and killed when she and a colleague responded to a personal attack alarm.

Circumstances

While responding with a colleague to a personal attack alarm at a travel agency in Bradford, the officers were confronted by three armed robbers leaving the premises, shots were fired and she was hit in the chest and killed and her colleague injured.

Shot in the chest from point-blank range when she and a colleague responded to a personal attack alarm at a travel agency in Morley Street, Bradford. As they arrived the officers were confronted by three armed robbers leaving the premises, one of whom shot both officers, killing PC Beshenivsky and wounding her colleague.

Sharon had been appointed as a Constable in the West Yorkshire Police on 7 February 2005, following nearly two years service as a Community Support Officer; she joined a patrol team at Bradford South Division in May.

She is survived by her husband, two sons and her daughter who was four years old that day, her stepdaughter and stepson.