The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 3rdfc

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Benjamin Franklin Orcutt Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Depa..., MI EOW: Tuesday, December 3, 1867 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Police Officer Mathew Hamilton Winona Police Department, MN EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1874 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Isaac Bosse Heffington Lee County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 3, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Ben Crawford Graham County Sheriff's Office, AZ EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal E. A. (Ed) Stokley United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable William Tedder Franklin County Constable's Off..., TX EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1892 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Watchman R. J. Chappell Pierce City Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, December 3, 1900 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Gusrang Burlington City Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, December 3, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George Lasonro Bryant Alachua County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert Miller Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, December 3, 1913 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman John Kennedy New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1922 Cause of Death: Struck by train Patrolman Wright Dewey Bryant Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Monday, December 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry Willard Darnall Salem Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, December 3, 1923 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault City Marshal Alexander Apgriffeth Anderson Verden Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1925 Cause of Death: Assault Sergeant Arthur H. Zimmerman Superior Police Department, WI EOW: Tuesday, December 3, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer J. D. Landry Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, December 3, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman George Alden Wright Mount Pleasant Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1931 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer James R. Cummings Austin Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1933 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Douglas W. Gates Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John T. Monahan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, December 3, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William David Deason Pageland Police Department, SC EOW: Monday, December 3, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Charles Holt Tullahoma Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, December 3, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Stowe San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Harry Spice Lagrange County Sheriff's Depar..., IN EOW: Friday, December 3, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Arthur J. Klepper Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, December 3, 1937 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman J. Clarence Price Durham Police Department, NC EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Bud Hicks Floyd County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John G. Hough Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Tuesday, December 3, 1940 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Fred L. Walker Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Wednesday, December 3, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Burr White Harrison West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Monday, December 3, 1945 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Jacob W. Boelens Labette County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1950 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Joseph W. Norden New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, December 3, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Armond A. Luke Utah Highway Patrol, UT EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1959 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Jerome R. Christman Metro-Dade Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Stanley Van Tuinen Grand Rapids Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Lason R. Cope Rapides Parish Sheriff's Depart..., LA EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1966 Cause of Death: Struck by train Police Officer Joseph M. Soulliere Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Louie Colin Collins Naples Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, December 3, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Chief of Police William J. Philpot Orofino Police Department, ID EOW: Friday, December 3, 1971 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Morris Houston Jr. East Carroll Parish Sheriff's D..., LA EOW: Friday, December 3, 1976 Cause of Death: Unidentified Lieutenant Ronald Gordon Smith Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James Joseph McConkey Fayetteville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Donald E. Hewitt Prairie City Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Sergeant James P. Carter Jr. Newton Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1978 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff Arthur Allen Amos Collier County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, December 3, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Michael O. Poe Duncanville Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 3, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Roger Charles Hobden Duncanville Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 3, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Wyndall T. Davis DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, December 3, 1981 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Detective Marcellus Ward Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, December 3, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Donald Ray Cook Escambia County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, December 3, 1988 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Charles Davis Downs Logansport Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1989 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Richard R. Schott Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, December 3, 1997 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Wilson Alex Johnson Junction City Police Department, KS EOW: Monday, December 3, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper I Christopher Scott Scales New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Tuesday, December 3, 2002 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 54
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Gunfire: 26
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 6
Vehicular assault: 6

 

 

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