Police officer killed

It's the circumstances of this tragedy that leaves me cold and sick to my stomach.
It brings back memories of the police officer from my area, PCPhilips who was killed 4 years ago who also left a young wife and two little girls. I cried as I think many did at the time.

PC Philips was on duty when he was deliberately rammed using a stolen car.

I too have had that knock at the door, 43 years ago, my husband was 30, he was in CID, one night he was on a covert
drugs operation, alone. On a country road in the early hours
of the morning his car was hit , he lay dead on the road until
8.00am that morning, the drug dealers got away.

My husband was a good, honest man, got angry when police
corruption hit the headlines, when a young probation officer
his Sgt told him to ‘get up town and sort the double parking ‘
He did. Was called into the chief inspectors office and a demand was made that he cleared his notebook of a charge of double parking against Lord X, my husband refused.
He had three commendations for bravery in the line of duty.

I have always refuse invites to the service to commemorate
officers killed in line of duty because there will be corrupt officers there.

I will continue to speak out again police corruption, he would have done the same.

I know what Mrs Harper felt when she opened the door.

I understand your history Annie, but sorry, I don't see the connection between this tragedy and corruption.

Do you have a link please quizqueen regarding non native Brits murdering policemen?

Being personally but thankfully only slightly connected to this subject matter can I just please ask that this thread revert to its original theme. This was a brave young man working in a very difficult world. His family and friends and colleagues are going through hell and need our sympathy and support.

There will be corrupt and unpleasant people in all lines of work....The Doctor who kills, the Banker who steals etc. However this is not the time and place to discuss that. Start another thread if you want to. Can we just say thank you to this young man and his family, thank you and God bless.

By the same token, Annie, there will be those on this forum who have been corrupt in public office yet you participate in this. Every meeting of any group of human beings you attend will, at some point, have paedophiles, rapists, embezzlers as part of it. Unless you never interact with any other human being you will come in to contact with such people. It does not, and should not, mean that we cannot honour those who have been killed, like your husband, in the line of duty. Otherwise their lives have been worth nothing.

Anniebach, that is some story. You feel you are honouring your lovely husband by continuing your fight against corruption. Be assured there are many who would stand alongside you.

So terribly sad, and like others, I found the wedding picture from a month ago almost unbearable to see.
(Police family here too) from the same area, it could easily have been my sil who had been killed, or the son of a friend in our village who is also at the same police station.Police and firemen risk their lives all the time for society.

Annie ?
These things are a constant reminder.

Thank you Alexa and lemon, I didn’t want to cause upset but as criticism of the CPS, the Goverment, travellers were posted I chose to criticise police corruption.

I do fear for young officers on the beat, my younger granddaughter is studying Criminal Psychology at university, I am fearful where this will take her.

Have you found the link yet quizqueen? Many Thanks.

dizzyblonde. Thank you for starting this thread in tribute to a wonderful young man. I am sorry it has been derailed when a new thread could have been opened. Mumsnet HQ maybe could have helped here? Please know that many people are feeling sympathy for his family and sad that this has happened. I will, if it is all right with you, pray for him and his family, friends and colleagues. Please be kind to yourself in your sadness. I wish I had better words to express my sadness.

Let us refocus on PC Andrew Harper and his family. Are there any fundraisers that go directly to the family? Also his wife Lissie has a online shop, she does dear little cards and prints of animals. When it reopens in a time (unsurprisingly she has temporarily closed it for now), perhaps we could support her by purchasing her lovely wares? If you join etsy, you can click 'email me when shop reopens' She is clearly a lovely girl painting wee animals for a living, she should have had her brave husband by her side for a lifetime of adventures. Makes me so sad. We are luckily brave men and woman put the greater good first when they put their uniforms on every day. Lets leave politics out of it and focus back on PC Harper.

www.etsy.com/shop/theprintbee/?fbclid=IwAR2zm-BEIpi7NP7-DLP_JNTX0H4hdI2Tq5lM5pfcwO7ri18J_e9UBr2ABl4

Annie, this type of event must be a constant reminder, as Lemongrove says. This young policeman died in awful circumstances, as did your husband. It truly is terrible that police officers are killed like this in the line of duty. Good for your husband that he refused to wipe that parking offence, he was obviously a principled man Annie.
Isn’t it terrible that such wonderful police officers die just for doing their jobs?
That’s why I believe in life meaning life in prison.

Perhaps Annie can start a new thread. This is dizzyblonde's post, meant as a thread for PC Harper, who dizzyblonde knew in her line of work.

Dizzyblonde, I'm assuming you work in the ambulance service? I'm so sorry you lost someone in your emergency service family. I and family members have be lucky to be assisted through our lives by our emergency services, and I'm heartbroken he died whilst keeping us safe. Let us know if there are any productive ways we can support his family, i.e donations through the station etc xx

Just wanted to add how sad I am. It's absolutely heartbreaking for his young wife, his family and all who knew him.
Can't really say anything else.

I rang Thames Valley Police - here is the official fundraising page

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/pc-andrew-harper?utm_term=wx8NEkR2n&fbclid=IwAR1Kfw4BNeYhhTzLslw5u6hsZK5eSaeKGJKdXOmVuro8fpvI0qOyDUKBUfw

Such an awful thing to have happened. Thank you Dilly for the link.

Yes, thank you, Dilly.

The Father of murdered PC Andrew Harper has said his family have been left 'devastated' and 'in a bad place'

It came as the family released a further image of the officer, taken on PC Harper's recent wedding day

Police say there are safety concerns for the victims of burglary attended by PC Andrew Harper Thursday

Officers today confirmed the 10 male suspects had been arrested at the Four Houses Corner caravan site

PC Andrew Harper had been responding to reports of burglary near Reading when he was killed.

Tragic and so very sad for his family.
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You're very welcome Ann and Maggie, contributing is the only tangible thing we can do to support their family. So deeply sad. Not much shakes me, but this has been on my mind all day, PC Harper was about the same age as my boys.

Absolutely heartbreaking for his family and friends.
Another unnecessary loss of life yards away from the Ufton Nervet rail crash site which is still fresh in the minds of us locals .
God bless .

I can't begin to know what his poor family are going through. So very sad and it reflects how bad this country has got.myes gillybob here in the north east we think the crime is all London not coming home from work in Elon square. We all couldn't believe it at work.

This could so easily also have been the outcome of the vicious attack on a policeman in a leafy suburb of Birmingham just a week ago when an officer attempted to arrest a would- be car thief and was run down and run over by his own vehicle which the thief attempted to escape in. Fortunately his injuries were described “only” as “life altering” not fatal- but multiple fractures, including his pelvis and internal injuries are horrendous enough. The thief clearly meant business too. ??

Harris27 there have always been murders of serving police officers ,right from when the police force started .My GGGF was killed in the line of duty well over a hundred years ago ,he left a wife who was pregnant with my GGM .

Sadly she was left a young widow too at 28 as her husband died before his son ,my GF ,was born in 1888.