Overview

• PC Ian Minett, 38, collapsed and died on June 21 while serving a night shift with Gloucestershire Police.
• His death has been classified as unexplained but non-suspicious, and the case is now the subject of a coroner’s inquiry.
• His family and colleagues have paid tribute to the constable’s dedication and taken solace in the fact he died doing the job he loved.
• Minett’s 19-year policing career included service as a special constable from 2006, three years as a Thames Valley Police call handler, a 2019 posting with the Ministry of Defence and a return to Gloucestershire in 2022.
• National charities such as Care of Police Survivors and the Police Memorial Trust are offering counselling, peer support and remembrance services to his bereaved loved ones.