The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - November 27th

http://www.odmp.org/today.php

 

Lest we forget...  

 

Police Officer Charles G. Bratton Burlingame Police Department, KS EOW: Friday, November 27, 1874 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff James Carlysle Lincoln County Sheriff's Depart..., NM EOW: Saturday, November 27, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Frank Dalton United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Sunday, November 27, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David Morgan Bowie County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Friday, November 27, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Junius B. Slack Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Friday, November 27, 1891 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff Robert Warmock Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Sunday, November 27, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable William L. Smith New Haven Township Police Depar..., OH EOW: Monday, November 27, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Will Ward San Diego County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Monday, November 27, 1899 Cause of Death: Assault Constable Mathew Wilson Cobleskill Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James H. Smith Jr. Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, November 27, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John J. Breene Arkansas City Police Department, KS EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Seymore L. Clark Weber County Sheriff's Department, UT EOW: Friday, November 27, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Andres Tirado Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, November 27, 1910 Cause of Death: Unidentified Policeman J. P. Wylie Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, November 27, 1911 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Thomas Finnelly San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, November 27, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman August H. Dickman Kankakee City Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, November 27, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Protector John H. Woodruff New York State Environmental Co..., NY EOW: Thursday, November 27, 1919 Cause of Death: Assault Officer William Whitfield Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Monday, November 27, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Earl W. Perkins Oregon State Traffic Division, OR EOW: Monday, November 27, 1922 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Robert C. Scudder Wichita Police Department, KS EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Colonel Robert Black Andover Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, November 27, 1925 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant Edward D. Perrin Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, November 27, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Assistant Superintendent James J. Hearn Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, November 27, 1930 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer William Pytchlyn Ada Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1934 Cause of Death: Unidentified Special Agent Herman E. Hollis United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Theodore E. Stevens Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, November 27, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Francis R. O'Brien New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, November 27, 1944 Cause of Death: Fire Policeman Charles Brown Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, November 27, 1946 Cause of Death: Unidentified Game Warden Cecil B. Bays Virginia Department of Game and..., VA EOW: Thursday, November 27, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert J. Crosby Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Saturday, November 27, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Wayne W. Allman Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Sunday, November 27, 1955 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer James Christie Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, November 27, 1961 Cause of Death: Unidentified Corporal Harry E. Robinson West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Julian Davis Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Wednesday, November 27, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Joseph A. Pol Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Saturday, November 27, 1965 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William F. Gleisle Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, November 27, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Oliver J. Singleton Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, November 27, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Donald G. Perry Greene County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Friday, November 27, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Benjamin N. Kealoha Jr. Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Saturday, November 27, 1971 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Pete Earl Lackey Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Monday, November 27, 1972 Cause of Death: Stabbed Correctional Officer Jerry Sanders California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Tuesday, November 27, 1973 Cause of Death: Stabbed Wildlife Officer Lloyd O. Mayse North Carolina Wildlife Resourc..., NC EOW: Thursday, November 27, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Laverne Daniel Schulz South Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, November 27, 1987 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrol Agent John Donald Keenan United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, November 27, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective William T. Gunn New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, November 27, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Steven Paul Pollard Mesa Police Department, AZ EOW: Sunday, November 27, 1994 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Alan Matthew Ragsdale Hohenwald Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, November 27, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Mark Edward Vance Bristol Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, November 27, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire

 

The brave officers listed here were killed on this date in history.

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 48
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 5
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 24
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Stabbed: 5
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 5
Vehicular assault: 1

 

 

 

---