The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - February 1st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Sheriff Albert Taylor Shenneman Cowley County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Thursday, February 1, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Manning T. Crow Somerville Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, February 1, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Mark W. Allen Jr. Chester Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Charles Mayer St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Emmett Goodwin Chickasha Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, February 1, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Game Warden Bert Blanchard California Department of Fish a..., CA EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Marion Screws Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, February 1, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Clarence B. Kettles Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Monday, February 1, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Robert E. Beasley Petersburg Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, February 1, 1916 Cause of Death: Assault               Deputy Tax Collector Juan M. (Johnny) Garcia Jr. El Paso City Tax Collector's Of..., TX EOW: Friday, February 1, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Octaviano Perea El Paso Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, February 1, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Arthur G. Cooper Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Tuesday, February 1, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Bob Smith Jefferson County Sheriff's Depa..., AL EOW: Wednesday, February 1, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert Anderson Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Wednesday, February 1, 1928 Cause of Death: Animal related Patrolman Thomas W. Buck Altoona Police Department, PA EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Harry McGraw Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Robert M. Buck United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Monday, February 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Murphy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, February 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant George Nadler New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, February 1, 1935 Cause of Death: Explosion Special Agent Vernon F. Thompson United States Coast Guard Inves..., US EOW: Monday, February 1, 1943 Cause of Death: Unidentified Policeman Jack W. Harris Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, February 1, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper James M. Barry Mississippi Department of Publi..., MS EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John F. Gradon Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1953 Cause of Death: Assault Policeman Fidel Rivera-Mayol Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, February 1, 1956 Cause of Death: Unidentified Officer Coburn B. Jewell California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Detective Sergeant Charles P. Monaghan Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Robert M. Endler Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Deputy Sheriff Benjamin Hawkins Berry Travis County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, February 1, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Jake B. Edwards Jacksonville Police Department, FL EOW: Thursday, February 1, 1968 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer William David Corn DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, February 1, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Jack Larry Stevens Lubbock Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 1, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Billy W. Blackwell Lewisburg Police Department, TN EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carl O. Reese Buffalo Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, February 1, 1977 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Stephen G. Bzdusek Cudahy Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1981 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Manuel Olivas New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Friday, February 1, 1985 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Kenneth Shawn McWethy Albuquerque Police Department, NM EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Ivan Silva Sanabria Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1986 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Jack Allerton Romeis Alachua County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Monday, February 1, 1988 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit               Deputy Sheriff James Marshall Richardson Pulaski County Sheriff's Depart..., KY EOW: Monday, February 1, 1988 Cause of Death: Heart attack Trooper James Herbert Fulford Jr. Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1992 Cause of Death: Bomb Investigator Israel Aviles-Olivo Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, February 1, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Robert J. Mortell Paxton Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, February 1, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Vilho O. Ahola Petaluma Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant James C. Low New York City Health and Hospit..., NY EOW: Monday, February 1, 1999 Cause of Death: Assault              Police Officer Russell Myron Miller Sr. Chino Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, February 1, 2000 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Deputy Sheriff Vance Howard Clements Gregg County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Thursday, February 1, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Jerry Dale Ridgell Chicot County Sheriff's Office, AR EOW: Sunday, February 1, 2004 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: 47
Animal related: 1
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 4
Bomb: 1
Explosion: 1
Gunfire: 27
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2