The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - December 22nd

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Lest we forget...  

 

 

Sheriff Matthew Nolan Nueces County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1864 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer David S. Faulkner Malden Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Charles Faber Bent County Sheriff's Department, CO EOW: Friday, December 22, 1876 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman John Harlow Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Monday, December 22, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Dennis E. Riley Chicago and Northwestern Railro..., RR EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Frank E. Nye Cook County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff J. Henry Smith Mendocino County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Friday, December 22, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Officer John D. Nichols Jr. Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal J. Horace Frisbie Lamar Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1906 Cause of Death: Unidentified Policeman Morris Gelles Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1910 Cause of Death: Fire Special Agent Alexander McGill Mobile and Ohio Railroad Police..., RR EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Grant C. Alexander Corona Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, December 22, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Jack Holland Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal William Smith San Fernando Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles McGuire Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1921 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Sheriff William B. Gober Hamilton County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Fred J. Webber Lorain Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Charles Kemmer New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Motorcycle Officer John Turner (Johnnie) Johns Jackson Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1931 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Robert Rowland Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Ed Tenbroeck Shelby Police Department, MT EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1935 Cause of Death: Unidentified Undersheriff James Shelton Alsup Toole County Sheriff's Department, MT EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1935 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrolman Joseph Kussius New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Police Officer James Corbett Coleman Glynn County Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, December 22, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Gordon Robert Panck Menomonie Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1946 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Joseph Jones Gibson Wayne County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Charles Willis Wright DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1948 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Welford Early Green Henrico County Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Neil R. Johnson Blooming Prairie Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Reece F. Galyon Jr. Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1951 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Undersheriff Sophia T. Wooster Osceola County Sheriff's Depart..., MI EOW: Monday, December 22, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Fay E. Wooster Osceola County Sheriff's Depart..., MI EOW: Monday, December 22, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Ira Milburn Skeen Scott County Sheriff's Office, VA EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Michael Latvis Nashua Police Department, NH EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1956 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Louis O. Cochran Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Monday, December 22, 1958 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Hobert Daniel Brown Blue Ridge Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Bobby Rudisill Ardmore Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Glen B. Hewerdine Champaign County Sheriff's Depa..., IL EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1962 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Billy Daly Athens Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Corporal Joseph Paul Bertrand Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Friday, December 22, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Vincent Swiskoski Walsenburg Police Department, CO EOW: Friday, December 22, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Gary Elton Rippstein Torrance Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Gerald A. Schuett Union Pacific Railroad Police D..., RR EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1968 Cause of Death: Struck by train              Deputy Chief of Police Richard D. Ferguson Beech Grove Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, December 22, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Investigator Harry Lee Allen Colorado Springs Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, December 22, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle               Customs Patrolman George William Singleton United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, December 22, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer William Flood New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William M. Freeman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 22, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Roy P. Blecher California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 22, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Victor L. Lopez-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1979 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant Michael Ray Twitty Stevenson Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer William J. Perry Port Authority of New York and ..., NY EOW: Monday, December 22, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John W. Rolick Cle Elum Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1982 Cause of Death: Fall Officer William S. Hart Hallandale Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Correctional Officer D'Antonio Andrew Washington United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1994 Cause of Death: Assault Police Officer II Mario Navidad Jr. Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John Anthony DiNapoli Holyoke Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Christopher Robert Betts East Point Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, December 22, 2002 Cause of Death: Assault              Reserve Officer Russell Hayden Simpson Bandon Police Department, OR EOW: Monday, December 22, 2003 Cause of Death: Drowned Trooper Scott Alan Patrick Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Monday, December 22, 2003 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: 60
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 34
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 5
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 2