Michael Swindells QGM
- Died:
- 21 May 2004
- Age:
- 44
- Rank:
- Detective Constable
- Force:
- West Midlands Police
- Cause:
- Homicide - Stabbed
- Duty Status:
- On Duty
- Plaque Location:
- Unveiled 2008 at Tame Valley Canal, Aston, Birmingham.
- Gallantry award:
- Michael Swindells received State recognition by way of a Gallantry Award in relation to the incident where he lost his life.
Roll of Honour Citation
Fatally stabbed by an armed suspect he had been in pursuit of.
Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.
Police Memorial Tribute
Fatally stabbed once in the chest, penetrating his heart, while pursuing a suspect, known to be armed with a kitchen knife, on a towpath of the Tame Valley Canal underneath Gravelly Hill Interchange in Aston, Birmingham.
The suspect had used the knife earlier in the day to threaten a carpenter carrying out routine repair work on a garden gate outside his council house, which led to DC Swindells and some of his colleagues later encountering the suspect on a park bench, then pursuing him down the towpath for over half-a-mile.
Posthumously awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal.
