The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 30th

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Lest we forget...  

 

Officer William H. Dallas Quincy Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1876 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff M. M. (Meek) Knight Cooke County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, May 30, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Special Deputy Sheriff Charles (Charley) Meredith Cooke County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, May 30, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Special Deputy Sheriff Samuel J. (Sam) Meredith Cooke County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Monday, May 30, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective William Halsey Goulman Lynchburg Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, May 30, 1883 Cause of Death: Fire Deputy Marshal James Bathurst Salida Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, May 30, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff David Levy Alvarez Bradford County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, May 30, 1891 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police James F. Holcombe Greenville Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, May 30, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Henry Schwartz New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Arthur J. Pinkerton Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, May 30, 1921 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Traffic Officer W. R. Valentine San Diego County State Traffic ..., CA EOW: Saturday, May 30, 1925 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Border Patrol Inspector Benjamin T. Hill United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, May 30, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward F. Smith Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, May 30, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal Frank Schroth Ripley Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Arnold L. Poole Rhode Island State Police, RI EOW: Wednesday, May 30, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Raymond H. Griffin Cleveland Police Department, OH EOW: Monday, May 30, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George W. Frazier Kingsport Police Department, TN EOW: Monday, May 30, 1938 Cause of Death: Heart attack Constable Bruce Barker Sullivan County Twelfth Distric..., TN EOW: Monday, May 30, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John L. Taylor Wake Forest Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Clarence Chance Cuyahoga Falls Police Department, OH EOW: Friday, May 30, 1947 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Raymond B. Wilhelm Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Wednesday, May 30, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Ralph R. Higginbotham Dona Ana County Sheriff's Depar..., NM EOW: Friday, May 30, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Vernon C. Rolfs Nebraska State Patrol, NE EOW: Saturday, May 30, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carmelo A. Cattano Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, May 30, 1963 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Reserve Officer Andrew R. Reese Garden Grove Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, May 30, 1970 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Jeffrey Glenn Rugheimer Pascagoula Police Department, MS EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1972 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Reserve Captain Jack Conrad Renigar Forsyth County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Friday, May 30, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Michael J. Edwards Imperial County Sheriff's Office, CA EOW: Friday, May 30, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Kip E. Boulis Perrysburg City Police Department, OH EOW: Sunday, May 30, 1976 Cause of Death: Drowned Sergeant William N. Campbell St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, May 30, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Roland J. Roy Winchester Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, May 30, 1980 Cause of Death: Heart attack Corporal Edgar Blaine Rains Jr. Northglenn Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, May 30, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Lieutenant Troy Duaine Woodall Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Cont..., AL EOW: Wednesday, May 30, 1990 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer Daniel Duyst Grand Rapids Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, May 30, 1994 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Officer Carlos A. Santiago Miami Police Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1995 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman Roscoe Teague Sullivan County Sheriff's Depar..., TN EOW: Tuesday, May 30, 1995 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer Tiffany Catherine Hickey Cockrell Hill Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, May 30, 1999 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff James Michael Phillips Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff'..., LA EOW: Sunday, May 30, 1999 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Larry Brian Mitchell Gallup Police Department, NM EOW: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Deputy Sheriff Jefferson Hancock Davis Columbia County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Thursday, May 30, 2002 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Undersheriff Matthew John Lane Ferry County Sheriff's Department, WA EOW: Friday, May 30, 2003 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident               Senior Trooper Anthony Greg Cogdill North Carolina Highway Patrol, NC EOW: Friday, May 30, 2003 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sergeant John Samuel Ashley Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, May 30, 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: 43
Aircraft accident: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 1
Electrocuted: 2
Fall: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 1

 

 

 

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