, 170 Victoria Police officers have died in the line of duty, including: 13 July 1979, Detective Senior Constable Robert Lane was shot and killed while performing a routine interview. Lane was the first officer to be slain on duty since the end of the Vietnam War. 27 March 1986, Constable Angela Taylor was killed in the Russell Street Bombing. Taylor was the first female police officer killed in the line of duty in Australian history. 12 October 1988, officers Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre were gunned down in the Walsh Street police shootings. 16 August 1998, officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller were gunned down in the Silk–Miller police murders. 24 April 2005, officer Anthony 'Tony' Clarke was shot with his own revolver by a drunk driver whom he had pulled over for an RBT. Clarke is the 30th and most recent member of the Victoria Police to have been feloniously slain whilst in the line of duty. 22 April 2020, Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, Constable Glen Humphris and Constable Josh Prestney were speaking to the driver of a Porsche 911 for speeding on the Eastern Freeway, near Kew, when they were fatally struck by a truck (driven by a drugged driver) that had veered into the emergency lane where they were standing. The incident marked the worst loss of life in a single incident for the force. 8 April 2022, Senior Constable Bria Joyce died after a civilian vehicle crashed into her unmarked police vehicle. Memorials to officers killed on duty are maintained at the Chapel of Remembrance within the main chapel of the Victoria Police Academy at Glen Waverley in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. There is also a memorial to police officers who have died on duty in Kings Domain, Melbourne, as well as the National Police Memorial in Canberra. Online Honour Rolls are maintained on the Victoria Police website: 1800–1899 1900–1949 1950–1999 2000–current See also Australian native police Victoria Police Special Operations Group Victoria Police Search and Rescue Squad Victoria Police Air Wing Critical Incident Response Team Victoria Police Public Order Response Team Victoria Police Pipe Band Victoria Police Academy Corrections Victoria Office of Police Integrity Project Griffin Police misconduct Crime in Melbourne References Further reading External links Victoria Police website Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation The Police Association Victoria 1853 establishments in Australia