The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 24th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Alexander R. McKinney Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff J. W. Lacaze Rapides Parish Sheriff's Depart..., LA EOW: Sunday, January 24, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Probationary Officer Bernard C. McKernan Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, January 24, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Norman Gray Peoria Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, January 24, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert Latta Camden Police Department, SC EOW: Friday, January 24, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Neil McMillan Seattle Police Department, WA EOW: Monday, January 24, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Daniel Alonzo Mayfield Floyd County Sheriff's Office, IN EOW: Sunday, January 24, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Owen Coleman Hollywood Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, January 24, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Samuel Prescott Ashland Police Department, OR EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant John Cihak Berwyn Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Elber D. Warren California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1931 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff George Davenport Crawford County Sheriff's Depar..., OH EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Alfred M. Stokke Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police B. B. Cox Sheffield Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, January 24, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Walter B. Otte New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Wednesday, January 24, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Dave Malcolm Butte County Sheriff's Department, SD EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Wallace McCarty Colorado State Patrol, CO EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1946 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Agent Thomas Matthews South Dakota Division of Crimin..., SD EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Richard H. Pennington Vernon Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Shelley Blain Click McMinn County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Friday, January 24, 1947 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Camile E. Madere California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, January 24, 1958 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Town Marshal William L. Meadows Plainfield Police Department, IA EOW: Tuesday, January 24, 1961 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman L. E. Pace North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1963 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Robert D. Handwerk Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Friday, January 24, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Barry New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, January 24, 1967 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Richard P. Woyshner Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Patrol Officer Samuel Melvin Stephens Pahokee Police Department, FL EOW: Sunday, January 24, 1971 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John P. Scala New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, January 24, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Correctional Officer Paul Jordan Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1976 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Herbert H. Slayton Giles County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, January 24, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Investigator Larry Douglas Stevens Richmond County Sheriff's Depar..., GA EOW: Wednesday, January 24, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert Lee Timberlake Jr. United States General Services ..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 24, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Charles V. Vogel Jr. Ohio Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1980 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Lee Anthony Crews Valdosta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, January 24, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Craig Alan Nollmeyer Tacoma Police Department, WA EOW: Thursday, January 24, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Sheriff Charles Robert Anderson Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Saturday, January 24, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Corrections Officer Walter Owen Fulford Georgia Department of Corrections, GA EOW: Wednesday, January 24, 1990 Cause of Death: Accidental Deputy Jean Estelle Daugharty Lake County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Sunday, January 24, 1993 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Stephen C. Newitt Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, LA EOW: Wednesday, January 24, 1996 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Leonard Burton Turner Goliad County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Sunday, January 24, 1999 Cause of Death: Heart attack Correctional Officer Lee Charles Dunn Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Monday, January 24, 2000 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: 41
Accidental: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Gunfire: 27
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 4
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1