Detective Constable James Brian Porter
DC Jim Porter
4th March 1982
31 years old
Durham Constabulary
Detective Constable James Brian Porter was fatally wounded while chasing two armed men after shots had already been fired during a robbery at the pay office of Chamberlain Philips Wallpaper Factory in Woodhouses, Bishop Auckland on the 4th March 1982.
Memorial – Unveiled 4th March 2022 at Durham Constabulary’s headquarters in Durham
Memorial Relocation – Unveiled 22nd July 2022 at the entrance to Porter Gardens, Bishop Auckland
Ceremony Programme
Links
The Police Memorial Trust News Article
https://thepolicememorialtrust.org/memorial-service-to-mark-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-dc-jim-porter/
The Northern Echo
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20587330.plaque-officer-died-line-duty-unveiled-bishop-auckland/
The Northern Echo
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19970664.service-heroic-durham-police-officer-dc-jim-porter/
Darlington & Stockton Times
https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/19961922.40th-anniversary-shocking-murder-dc-jim-porter/?fr=operanews
Location Map
Porter Gardens
The entrance to Porter Gardens
Tindale Crescent,
Woodhouses,
Bishop Auckland,
County Durham,
DL14 8TF