PC Gerald "Ged" Walker (1960 — 9 January 2003) was a police dog

Police dog

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 handler with Nottinghamshire Police

Nottinghamshire Police

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 who was killed in the line of duty in Bulwell

Bulwell

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, Nottingham

Nottingham

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.

On 7 January 2003, PC Walker was dragged 100 yards and fatally injured by a stolen taxi as he reached into the vehicle to attempt to remove the keys from the ignition. He died in hospital two days later from serious head injuries. Walker is survived by his widow and two children.

In December 2003, 26-year-old drug addict

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 David Parfitt was convicted of PC Walker's manslaughter

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 and sentenced to thirteen years in prison. He had been on licence at the time of the incident for a previous robbery

Robbery

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 offence.

In September 2005, an official memorial for PC Walker was unveiled at the junction of St. Albans Road and Cantrell Road in Bulwell, close to the location of his death. Present at the unveiling was Michael Winner

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, the founder and chairman of the Police Memorial Trust

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, PC Walker's widow, and the Chief Constable

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 of Nottinghamshire Police.

A dog show has been held annually in Long Eaton

Long Eaton

Long Eaton is a town in Derbyshire, England. It lies just north of the River Trent about southwest of Nottingham and is part of the Nottingham Urban Area...

in memory of PC Walker since his death in 2003. The police station in Bulwell where he was stationed has been named the Ged Walker Building.