Sharon Beshenivsky

Killed in the line of duty.

Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, died after being shot in the chest.

Pc Beshenivsky had been a community police officer for two years before becoming a police constable
and lived with her family in a converted barn in Keighley, West Yorkshire.

She had three children and two step-children, and was killed on her youngest daughter's fourth
birthday.

Sharon joined as a police constable on February 7th 2005, she had previously worked for West
Yorkshire Police for a little under two years as a police community support officer.

She was married to Paul and has three children and two step-children
(three boys and two girls). The eldest child is 14 and the youngster child, a girl, is four.

Sharon completed her basic training and joined Team 5 at Bradford South in May.

Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn said: "She has been described by her inspector and all of her
colleagues as enthusiastic and very positive. Her colleagues remember her particularly for her
infectious laugh. Her shift inspector told me last night he would have liked 30 Sharon's on the
relief.