PC Dave Phillips To Be Remembered By National Police Tribute

A ceremony will take place next week to honour Merseyside PC David Phillips, who died in the line of duty.

PC Phillips was killed on 5th October 2015 whilst trying to stop a stolen vehicle on the Wallasey Docks Link Road North.

A ceremony for the unveiling of the Police Memorial Trust's national tribute to him will take place at noon on Thursday 12th October in the Hamilton Square Gardens, Birkenhead.

"Dave represented everything that people want from their police service"

The tribute will be the first time a Merseyside Police officer has been honoured in this way.

Mrs Michael Winner, Chair of the Police Memorial Trust (PMT) said: "I am extremely proud to be in Merseyside to lay the Trust's 42nd memorial to this fallen police hero."

The Memorial unveiling will be attended by the officer's family, friends and many of his Merseyside Police colleagues.

The stone Memorial, honed from Balmoral granite will then be unveiled.

Following the ceremony a reception will take place in Birkenhead Town Hall.

Andy Cooke, Chief Constable of Merseyside Police said:

"I hope this memorial will ensure PC Dave Phillips’s legacy lives on, as an officer who was the ultimate professional and committed to keeping the communities of the Wirral safe.

"Dave represented everything that people want from their police service, and everyone at Merseyside Police is extremely proud to say that he was one of us.