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

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff Isaac Smith Westchester County Sheriff's De..., NY EOW: Thursday, May 17, 1792 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Redden Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, May 17, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Fritz Passau Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Friday, May 17, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff J. Phil Kearbey Butler County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Monday, May 17, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Marshal Benjamin Franklin Brashears Panama Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Thomas A. Fay San Diego County Sheriff's Depa..., CA EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George Geng Grand Rapids Police Department, MI EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 1921 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Federal Prohibition Agent Joseph W. Floyd United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Allen F. Shoemaker Chicago and Northwestern Railro..., RR EOW: Sunday, May 17, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jim Kenney Wellsville Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, May 17, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff George Leon Wiley Cocke County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 1927 Cause of Death: Drowned Detective Morris Borkin New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer William J. Robbins Greenwich Police Department, CT EOW: Friday, May 17, 1929 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Ralph Hinds Kansas City Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, May 17, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Conservation Warden Einar Johnson Wisconsin Department of Natural..., WI EOW: Friday, May 17, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Seldon L. Jones Augusta Police Department, ME EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman William J. Duncan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Edward J. Sweeney New York State Police, NY EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Jessie L. Taylor Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, May 17, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Highway Patrolman Joseph Newton Avary Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Friday, May 17, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Park Guard Michael McKenna Fairmount Park Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, May 17, 1937 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy City Marshal Earl Burkett Monahans Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper George A. Forster Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Eliot O. Daley California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, May 17, 1942 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Supernumerary Ernest W. Schilke Bristol Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1944 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins Officer Norman A. Kessler California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, May 17, 1945 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Chief of Police Leonard J. Floyd Boaz Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, May 17, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff E. M. Boyles Marshall County Sheriff's Depar..., AL EOW: Thursday, May 17, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Dave Johnson Nance County Sheriff's Department, NE EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Herman Paul Marshall Texas Department of Public Safe..., TX EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Revenue Agent Daniel J. Hancock Georgia Department of Revenue -..., GA EOW: Thursday, May 17, 1962 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Special Agent Terry R. Anderson United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Edwin Bryson Mitchell Jr. Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Louis R. Kuba Houston Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lakes Officer William L. Stewart Jr. Oklahoma City Lake Patrol, OK EOW: Friday, May 17, 1974 Cause of Death: Drowned Patrolman Robert T. Tobias Manchester Township Police Depa..., NJ EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle             Policeman Rafael Hernandez-Vazquez Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, May 17, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jack Dean Werner Olmsted County Sheriff's Depart..., MN EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Robert J. Harris Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1978 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Officer Gary Bevel Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Curtis E. Lobb Greensburg Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1989 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer John A. Valenzuela South Tucson Police Department, AZ EOW: Monday, May 17, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Francis Paul Scurry Metro Nashville Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, May 17, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant David Cargene May Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Monday, May 17, 1999 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident             Deputy Sheriff Frankie Lynn Betterton Pittsylvania County Sheriff's O..., VA EOW: Friday, May 17, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Correctional Officer Scott Edward Bryant Iowa Department of Corrections, IA EOW: Monday, May 17, 2004 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Reserve Officer Joseph Pozell Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

 

 

The brave officers listed here were killed on this date in history. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 47
Aircraft accident: 2
Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 2
Exposure to toxins: 1
Gunfire: 27
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 6
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1