The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 17th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Timothy B. Smith Ormsby County Sheriff's Department, NV EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1867 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Policeman Michael Meagher Caldwell Police Department, KS EOW: Saturday, December 17, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John H. Spalding Waxahachie Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edjar J. Osgood San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, December 17, 1886 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer Frank West United States Department of the..., US EOW: Friday, December 17, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman August W. Hasenkamp Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Monday, December 17, 1888 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer George W. Brown Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, December 17, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Otto H. Flieth Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Thursday, December 17, 1908 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar               Night Policeman Charles E. Brockman Fort Collins Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Enos Nelson Billings Police Department, MT EOW: Monday, December 17, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Thomas Hunter Bayonne Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, December 17, 1920 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Phelan F. Appleberry Shelby County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Friday, December 17, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Herman Kohler Emmons Long Branch Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, December 17, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James H. Mateer St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, December 17, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas E. Dameron Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Friday, December 17, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Cleo Platt Eaton County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Saturday, December 17, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Oliver W. Cook St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, December 17, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Joseph Asbury Case Montgomery County Police Depart..., MD EOW: Monday, December 17, 1928 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Motorcycle Officer C. F. Thomas Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Leamon (Slim) Martin Raleigh County Sheriff's Depart..., WV EOW: Monday, December 17, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Lindsay Smith Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Monday, December 17, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles H. Nissen California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1935 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Charles Kneisel Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Friday, December 17, 1937 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief Deputy George Thomas Fisher Bell County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire           Assistant Chief of Police George Anton Krauss Glynn County Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, December 17, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Warden L. R. Gumm Kentucky Department of Corrections, KY EOW: Monday, December 17, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Antone Motquin Green Bay Police Department, WI EOW: Monday, December 17, 1951 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Glenn R. Faulk Palatka Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, December 17, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Bill John Yanich Newton County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1967 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Trooper Floyd J. Farrar Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1968 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Guard Maynard R. Miller Susquehanna County Sheriff's De..., PA EOW: Thursday, December 17, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Riley Delano Smith Alabama Department of Public Sa..., AL EOW: Friday, December 17, 1971 Cause of Death: Electrocuted               Patrol Officer Clyde Warren Pearson Bossier City Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Gregg Alexander Presbury Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Saturday, December 17, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Kirby Shell Franklin County Sheriff's Depar..., MS EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edward L. Tarkington Metro Nashville Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Drew Haynes Brown Cobb County Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, December 17, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant John H. McGill Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, December 17, 1983 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff David Eugene Foster Curry County Sheriff's Office, OR EOW: Monday, December 17, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Police Service Technician Booker T. Shaw Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1985 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy William E. Robinson IV Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Corrections Officer Daniel James Nagle Texas Department of Criminal Ju..., TX EOW: Friday, December 17, 1999 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Jailer Timothy Williams Calhoun County Sheriff's Depart..., AL EOW: Monday, December 17, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Park Ranger James Royce Pitney Muskingum Watershed Conservancy..., OH EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 Cause of Death: Accidental             School Safety Agent Vivian A. Samuels New York City Police Department..., NY EOW: Saturday, December 17, 2005 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 45
Accidental: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Electrocuted: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 25
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2