From "The Law" (The Newspaper of the Essex Police) of May 1986, with typos corrected:
IT IS with deep regret that "The Law" has to report the death of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas "Taff" Jones who died from injuries received falling from a ladder at his home address.
Taff joined the service in 1960 and was appointed to the CID in 1963. He served for 22 years as a CID officer and had been commended on no fewer than 10 occasions.
The funeral took place at Trinity Methodist Church, Chelmsford, on Monday May 19, and was attended by the Chief Constable, all senior officers and many of "Taff's" friends and colleagues. Taff leaves a wife and three children and "The Law" extends to them the sympathy of all his friends and colleagues on their tragic loss.