The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - January 12th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sergeant Timothy J. Cantlin Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Albert Holindrake Park City Police Department, UT EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Patrick J. Kelliher Quincy Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1908 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff S. R. Moore Pawnee County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Tuesday, January 12, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Roy Thornton Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph H. Enos Peoria Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Marshal Harvey Hake Covington Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, January 12, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Joseph H. Hunt Akron Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, January 12, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff James M. Freeman Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, January 12, 1918 Cause of Death: Unidentified Policeman Charles T. Dewees Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, January 12, 1918 Cause of Death: Fall Deputy Sheriff John Dennis Morton Webster County Sheriff's Depart..., WV EOW: Monday, January 12, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ray M. Lazear Wheeling Police Department, WV EOW: Monday, January 12, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Mark E. Switzer Pawhuska Police Department, OK EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Glenn R. Hunter Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, January 12, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Frederick Conrad Secker Lynbrook Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 12, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Ronald R. Wainscott Santa Barbara Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, January 12, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Edger Chatterton Berwyn Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, January 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Frank Svec Berwyn Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, January 12, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Harry G. Emsley Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 12, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Robert C. Heller California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, January 12, 1942 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Cleve O. Weathers Lawrence County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Tuesday, January 12, 1943 Cause of Death: Stabbed Postal Inspector Ernest M. Harkins United States Postal Inspection..., US EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Earl R. Harrouff United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, January 12, 1950 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Ben K. Perry Adams County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Monday, January 12, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Smith Anderson (Buster) Kent Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, January 12, 1954 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Donald L. Seick Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant William D. Huckaby California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman James Cagle Tracy City Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1969 Cause of Death: Unidentified Police Officer Roland J. Brewster Newark Housing Authority Police..., NJ EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Edd Williams Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Saturday, January 12, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Timothy M. Murphy New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 12, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant John Francis Crowley Englewood Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1975 Cause of Death: Unidentified Deputy Marshal Ronald Alfred Parker St. Augustine Beach Police Depa..., FL EOW: Sunday, January 12, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Alfred L. Sellick Jr. Montclair Police Department, NJ EOW: Monday, January 12, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Charles Henry Johnson West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Deputy Sheriff Charles Busby Smith Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, MS EOW: Monday, January 12, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Robert E. Walsh New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, January 12, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Ronald L. Heaps Salt Lake City Police Department, UT EOW: Tuesday, January 12, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Frank Mitchell Ellerbe Georgia Bureau of Investigation, GA EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff Nathaniel Conner Marengo County Sheriff's Depart..., AL EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert S. Hester Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 1983 Cause of Death: Assault Investigator Michael Capizzi Erie County Prosecutor's Office, OH EOW: Monday, January 12, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant James Adrian Wouters Fort Pierce Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, January 12, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Grover Clifton Cooper III Fort Pierce Police Department, FL EOW: Monday, January 12, 1987 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Brent K. Jacobson United States Department of Agr..., US EOW: Thursday, January 12, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Corrections Officer William E. Donaldson Alabama Department of Corrections, AL EOW: Friday, January 12, 1990 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer John Paul Kalaman Centerville Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, January 12, 1998 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Kyle Wayne Dinkheller Laurens County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Monday, January 12, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William Alberto Wilkins Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, January 12, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Andre Gerard Booker Henrico County Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, January 12, 2003 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Scott Armstrong Bridgeton Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

 

 

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

Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 52
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 2
Drowned: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 27
Gunfire (Accidental): 5
Motorcycle accident: 4
Stabbed: 3
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 3
Vehicular assault: 1