The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 14th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Stephen Frank Edwards Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, December 14, 1901 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman Charles S. Ford Salt Lake City Police Department, UT EOW: Saturday, December 14, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal G. W. Dillaway United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)              Chief of Police James Edward Maloch Perry Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, December 14, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Martin Judge San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1916 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrolman James J. McNeill Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, December 14, 1920 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman William A. Frederick Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, December 14, 1927 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Deputy Sheriff W. R. Richardson Collier County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Friday, December 14, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Charles Skelly St. Joseph Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 14, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Traffic Officer James Edgar Jones Abilene Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, December 14, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident City Marshal Albert Suverkrubbe Fort Calhoun Police Department, NE EOW: Wednesday, December 14, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George L. Gerhard New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, December 14, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant William T. Shanley Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Joseph Arthur Harnest Brazoria County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Tuesday, December 14, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Village Marshal Lee Pena Taos Police Department, NM EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Stanley J. Jerlecki Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, December 14, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Gus A. Engeling Texas Game and Fish Commission, TX EOW: Friday, December 14, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Guillermo Sanchez El Paso Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 14, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Robert Jack (Bob) Garrison Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Monday, December 14, 1959 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Hugh Willoughby New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire   Patrolman Fredrick R. Anderson Greenville / West Salem Police ..., PA EOW: Saturday, December 14, 1963 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant John Lowery Freshour Greeneville Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, December 14, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Charles W. Pollard Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper William G. Doyle New York State Police, NY EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper William V. McDonagh New York State Police, NY EOW: Sunday, December 14, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas Stanhope Atkisson DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 14, 1976 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Anthony Lordi Jr. Hillside Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, December 14, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer David Leslie Hagins Fulton County Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, December 14, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Paul J. Harmon Huntington Police Department, WV EOW: Monday, December 14, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Criminal Warrant Officer Arturo E. Rodriguez Bexar County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 14, 1982 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Robert L. Talburt Washington County Sheriff's Dep..., OR EOW: Friday, December 14, 1984 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer James L. Gordon Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Monday, December 14, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Charles Ray Shinholser Jr. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Wednesday, December 14, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Theron N. Houlditch Mountain Brook Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, December 14, 1990 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper I David Hunter O'Brien South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Saturday, December 14, 1991 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Senior Corporal David R. Galvan Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 14, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Reserve Deputy Donald Rex Mitchell Moore County Sheriff's Office, TX EOW: Saturday, December 14, 1996 Cause of Death: Heart attack Captain Thomas Allen Craig Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Thursday, December 14, 2000 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Brad Lee Schultz Jr. Riverview Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 Cause of Death: Automobile accident

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 39
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Electrocuted: 1
Gunfire: 18
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Unidentified: 1
Vehicular assault: 1