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This is a list of New Zealand Police officers killed in the line of duty. As of 2008, 28 police officers have been killed by criminal act,[1] and about 17 have died from accidental causes, during the execution of duty. There has been one instance of multiple police deaths, when Stanley Graham gunned down four officers attempting to apprehend him in 1941, and four double fatalities. Most of the homicides have been a result of gunshot wounds, the accidents mainly due to either drowning or vehicle (car/aircraft) accidents.

A slain officer may receive a police funeral, including an honour guard and flag-draped casket,[2] and be officially mourned in the New Zealand House of Representatives.[3][4] At least four officers have received posthumous honours — Sergeant Stewart Guthrie received the highest Commonwealth civilian decoration, the George Cross. The Lou Grant Award was created in the memory of the police sergeant who died in the 1993 Eagle helicopter mid-air collision, awarded every second year for excellence and contributions to search and rescue.

The Memorial Wall at The Royal New Zealand Police College lists the names of fallen colleagues, whom the service commemorates annually on Police Remembrance Day. The Police Association together with the New Zealand Police introduced a Police Remembrance Day Pin in 2007, for officers to wear to honour the memory of those slain during the course of duty. The pin combines a Huia tail feather with a police chevron; the Huia bird was sacred in Māori culture, wearing of its feathers restricted to people of high status.

In addition to the human officers, at least twenty police dogs have died in the line of duty; notably the drowning of Enzo in August 2007, which resulted in fourteen months jail for Tairyn Murphy.[5]

Officers killed by criminal act[edit]

Since 1 September 1886.[6]

Constable Neil McLeod[edit]

right Badge number 91. Aged 44.
Shot, 30 July 1890, at Mangawhare wharf, Dargaville

Gum-digger Henry Funcke was removed from a steamer and had his rifle confiscated. He became angry and drew a concealed pistol, firing several shots at the departing ship, one of which stuck McLeod, who was a passenger, in the chest. Funcke was not convicted, being acquitted on the grounds of insanity. [7]

Sergeant John Patrick Hackett McGuire[edit]

Badge number 674. Aged 42.
Died of gunshot wounds, 14 April 1914, at Palmerston North

McGuire was shot in the stomach during a manhunt, and died four days later. John Joseph Powelka was acquitted of murder but received 21 cumulative years for seven charges of burglary. [8]

Constable John Doyle[edit]

right Badge number 963, Aged 35.
Died following assault, 5 February 1913, at Shannon

Died in hospital two days after being assaulted by two men in the Albany Hotel, Shannon. His assailant, Peter MacDonald, was later sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm. [9]

Constable Vivian Dudding[edit]

right Badge number 2030, aged 32.
Died of Gunshot wounds, 6 October 1919, Wellington.

Attending a domestic dispute in Thorndon, Wellington, he was shot in the head and died an hour later. His killer, Alexander Aspin, shot himself the same night. [10]

Constable James Dorgan[edit]

rightBadge number 1764, aged 27.
Shot on 27 August 1927, Timaru

Constable Dorgan was investigating a break-in at a shop and was shot four times, dying at the scene. His killer was never found. [11]

Constable Thomas Heeps[edit]

right Badge number 1582, aged 50.
Died of gunshot wounds, 21 October 1934, Waikato.

Constable Heeps died in Waikato Hospital after being shot twice by Henare Hona, the subject of a manhunt near Otorohanga. Hona, wanted for the murder of four people, later shot himself when surrounded by police. [12]

8 October 1941[edit]

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aged 43.
Badge number 2209		 aged 26.
Badge number 3526		 aged 35.
Badge number 3039		 aged 42.
Badge number 2364

Shot by farmer Stanley Graham, who they were attempting to apprehend after he refused to surrender firearms at Koiterangi (now Kowhitirangi) near Hokitika. Two civilians were also killed in Graham's spree, and a fourth died 18 months later as a result of injuries. After a 12 day manhunt involving 300 police and soldiers, Graham was shot and died in hospital. [13]

Traffic Officer John Kehoe[edit]

rightBadge number 36. Aged 24
Shot on 31 January 1949 near Whakatane

Kehoe was Shot four times by Richard Angus McGill, who he had pursued and stopped for speeding with his motorcycle. McGill then comitted suicide in an orchard in nearby Awakeri, but his body was not found for a week.[14]

Sergeant William Shore Hughes[edit]

right Badge number 2691. Aged 48
Shot on 27 May 1951 at Otaki

Sergeant Hughes was shot dead during a domestic dispute by Noema Raana Rika. [15]
right Detective Inspector Wallace Chalmers 46 QPM 6 January 1963 Shot dead by Victor George Wasmuth while attending a shooting Waitakere Ranges [16]
2839 right Detective Sergeant Neville Wilson Power 25 QPM [17]
4321 right Constable James Thomas Richardson 24 3 February 1963 Both shot while sitting in police car, after responding to a domestic dispute Lower Hutt [18]
3809 right Constable Brian Leslie Schultz 21 [19]
4699 right Constable Donald Richard Stokes 23 15 August 1966 Beaten by escaping prisoners at Dunedin police station, died later in hospital Dunedin [20]
2950 right Sergeant Gilbert Peter Arcus 44 4 February 1970 Assaulted by a mentally disturbed women he was trying to placate, fell and struck his head on the ground, dying from the injury an hour later Tauranga [21]
5052 right Constable Peter William Murphy 21 25 September 1976 Shot attending a break-in at a sports shop Invercargill [22]
1395 right Traffic Officer Barry Yorston Gibson 32 13 June 1977 Assaulted by a motorist and died in hospital from head injuries New Plymouth [23]
1351 right Traffic Officer Robin James Dudding 44 GM 7 April 1986 Taken hostage and later shot dead by Ross Kameta Lake Rotoiti, Bay of Plenty [24]
4601 right Senior Constable Peter Morris Umbers 35 GM 27 May 1990 Bashed to death with his own baton by Richard Thomas Lakich, who he had stopped Ranfurly (nearby) [25]
5024 right Sergeant Stewart Graeme Guthrie 41 GC 13 November 1990 Shot in the head after encountering and firing a warning shot at spree killer David Gray during the Aramoana massacre Aramoana [26]
D717 right Constable Glenn Arthur McKibben 25 21 April 1996 Shot standing beside his police car by former soldier Terence Thompson, who was later shot dead by police. Flaxmere, Hastings [27]
G083 right Constable Lester Murray Stretch 38 27 May 1999 Bashed to death by Carlos Namana, a burglar he had followed from a break-in Mangakino [28][29]
F272 right Detective Constable Duncan Taylor 39 NZBM 5 July 2002 Died instantly after being shot by teenager Daniel Luff, his partner escaped wounded Rongotea, Manawatu [30][31]
right Sergeant Derek Wootton 52 11 July 2008 Struck by vehicle fleeing police while laying road spikes Titahi Bay [28][32][33]
right Sergeant Don Wilkinson 47 11 September 2008 Disturbed while attempting to secretly fix a tracking device to a car, received several shots from a .22 air rifle, one fatally through the chest Mangere [34][35]

Killed by accident[edit]

Badge Rank Name Age Honours Date Circumstance Location Notes
Constable Fitzgerald 26 September 1851 Drowned when a boat making for the Lady Nugent capsized Lyttelton Harbour [36][37]
Sergeant-Major Edward John Garvey 30 Légion d'honneur 25 September 1863 Died in a snowstorm on his way to inspect mine diggings near Naseby Kakanui Range [38][39][40]
Constable John Duncan 28 May 1865 Drowned travelling in a punt to investigate a burglary Kaniere (nearby)
Constable James Robinson 13 November 1891 Fell and struck head on iron bar at police station Westport [41][42][43]
Constable A J Dillon c. 32 18 January 1916 Drowned with nurse Regan who he was attempting to save West Coast [44]
Constable James Shields October 1933 Car was hit by the Rotorua Express at a railway crossing Huntly (nearby)
Constable Charles Williams August 1935 Drowned attempting to save a woman who fell from the Hamilton Railway Bridge Waikato River
Constable W J Watt 10 August 1939 Car went off Elephant Hill bridge, returning to a shooting investigation, Constable Black seriously injured Waimate (nearby) [45]
Constable Alan Robert Liddell 22 26 February 1976 Drowned while conducting an investigaton with two colleagues, into a drowning on the river 17 days earlier Grey River [46]
Constable Greg Rowe 23 1 April 1978 Drowned after leg became entangled in a rope and fell overboard from Lady Elizabeth II Palliser Bay (nearby) [47][48]
Senior Sergeant Phillip William "Phil" Ward 39 2 July 1986 Drowned when police launch Lady Elizabeth II capsized during a storm, two other officers survived Wellington Harbour [49]
Constable Glen Hughes 28
Detective Anthony Raymond "Tony" Harrod 43 17 December 1990 Fell from helicopter sling during cannabis recovery operation Waitotara Valley, Taranaki [50][51]
Sergeant Lindsay Eion "Lou" Grant 39 26 November 1993 Police helicopter Eagle mid-air collision with a Piper Cherokee traffic spotting aircraft. Two civilians also died. Auckland City [52]
Constable Alastair Alan Sampson 27
Senior Constable Phillip Anthony "Piripi" Wipatene 55 15 July 2004 Patrol car collided with another car on the Oakura Bridge New Plymouth (14 km southwest) [53]
Detective Travis Hughes 37 29 January 2005 Cessna 172 aircraft crashed while on cannabis reconnaissance, civilian pilot also died Gibbston Valley, Central Otago [54][55]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "'Routine' operation which left policeman dead not considered high risk". New Zealand Herald. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  2. ^ "Wellington-Funeral of Sergeant Derek Wootton". NZPA Images. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  3. ^ "Motions — New Zealand Police—Death of Sergeant Derek Wootton". Hansard. New Zealand Parliament. 22 July 2008. pp. Volume:648, Page:17231. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  4. ^ "Motions — New Zealand Police—Death of Sergeant Don Wilkinson". Hansard. New Zealand Parliament. 11 September 2008. pp. Volume:650, Page:18811. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  5. ^ "Man jailed for killing police dog". New Zealand Herald. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  6. ^ Details mostly from the Memorial webpage of the New Zealand police. Accessed 2008-10-27.
  7. ^ "Neil McLeod". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  8. ^ "John McGuire". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  9. ^ "John Doyle". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  10. ^ "Vivian Dudding". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  11. ^ "James Dorgan". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  12. ^ "Thomas Heeps". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  13. ^ A. H. McLintock (editor) (1966). "MANHUNTS - The Stanley Graham Tragedy". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ "John Kehoe". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  15. ^ "William Hughes". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  16. ^ "Wallace Chalmers". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  17. ^ "Neville Power". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  18. ^ "James Richardson". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  19. ^ "Brian Schultz". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  20. ^ "Donald Stokes". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  21. ^ "Gilbert Arcus". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  22. ^ "Peter Murphy". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  23. ^ "Barry Gibson". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  24. ^ "Robin Dudding". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  25. ^ "Peter Umbers". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  26. ^ "Stewart Guthrie". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  27. ^ "Glenn McKibben". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  28. ^ a b Gay, Edward and NZPA (16 July 2008). "Police form guard of honour for fallen officer". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  29. ^ "Lester Stretch". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  30. ^ "Heroes among us: Our top kiwis named for NZ Bravery Awards". New Zealand Herald. 29 January 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  31. ^ "Duncan Taylor". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  32. ^ "NZ policeman killed by stolen car". SBS Australia. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  33. ^ "Derek Wootton". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  34. ^ Milne, Rebecca (14 September 2008). "Single shot among many killed officer". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  35. ^ "Don Wilkinson". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  36. ^ "News and Notes". Lyttelton Times. 27 September 1851. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  37. ^ "Volume X, Issue 502, Canterbury". Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. 18 October 1851. pp. Page 134. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  38. ^ (McGill 1992, p. 247)
  39. ^ "News of the Week". Otago Witness. 26 March 1864. pp. Issue 643, Page 13. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  40. ^ "Cemetery Details". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  41. ^ (Hill 1995, p. 11)
  42. ^ "Volume XXXII, Issue 7376,". Grey River Argus. 1 June 1892. pp. Page 2. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  43. ^ "Volume XLII, Issue 118". Evening Post. 14 November 1891. pp. Page 2. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  44. ^ "Surf Bathing Accident". Grey River Argus. 19 January 1916. pp. Page 3. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  45. ^ "Constable Killed". Otago Daily Times. 11 August 1939.
  46. ^ "Policeman drowned". Otago Daily Times. 28 February 1976. pp. 1, 3.
  47. ^ "Tears for constable 30 years on". Dominion Post. 7 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  48. ^ "Police News" (PDF). New Zealand Police Association. May 2008. p. 97. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  49. ^ "Police launch capsizes in storm; two dead". Otago Daily Times. 3 July 1986. p. 1.
  50. ^ "Fall kills policeman". Otago Daily Times. 18 December 1990. p. 2.
  51. ^ "Investigation 90-012T". Transport Accident Investigation Commission. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  52. ^ "Investigation 93-020". Transport Accident Investigation Commission. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  53. ^ "Annual Report year ended 30 June 2005". New Zealand Police. 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  54. ^ "Plane crash inquest winds up". TVNZ. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  55. ^ "Investigation 05-002". Transport Accident Investigation Commission. Retrieved 2009-04-13.

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