Remembering PC Joe O’Brien

14 November 2024

West Midlands PC Joseph (Joe) O’Brien died on this day 42 years ago.

Joe, 48, was hit by a car while directing traffic in a road race on 14 November 1982.

He had been a police officer for 20 years, spending much of his career as a beat officer in the Ernesford Grange and Binley areas of Coventry.

West Midlands Police Federation today remembers Joe and his service to the Force.