Prayer for America 08/17/06

I thank you, Lord, for airports and train stations filled with hugs and hope. I sit and watch the multi-cultural crowd, alive with energy, anxiety, vitality, and joy.

We are a people on the move. We have waited for the ship and stage and train to take us west and bring us home. and by your grace, we find our purpose and our place.

Thank you for this simple freedom--the freedom to decide where we want to go and the ability to go there. Give us grace, and bring us safely home. Amen.

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Officer Thomas A. Welch Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Friday, August 17, 1866 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Charles L. Lynch Alpena County Sheriff's Department, MI EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1887 Cause of Death: Gunfire Jailer Gustav A. Kaiser Dade County Sheriff's Department, FL EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Schroeder Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1901 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Patrol Officer Frank C. Skidmore New Castle Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Joseph W. Smith Bay Minette Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1910 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George H. Trumbull Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 17, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John C. Middlekauff Hagerstown Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, August 17, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Thomas S. Adubato Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire              U.S. Game Warden Edgar Albert Lindgren United States Department of the..., US EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Frank E. Hage Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Felt Jones Fayette County Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, August 17, 1925 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Charles S. Cooper Jr. Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, August 17, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Thomas G. Blount Walton County Sheriff's Office, FL EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Customs Agent Louis E. Babcock United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, August 17, 1931 Cause of Death: Drowned Sheriff Godfrey Click Kimball Iredell County Sheriff's Depart..., NC EOW: Friday, August 17, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert L. Kosmal Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Operative Henry E. Thomas United States Department of the..., US EOW: Monday, August 17, 1936 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Jefferson R. Holland Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1937 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Private Elmer Ray Pyle Oregon State Police, OR EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Preston Bryant Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Roy Patterson Barton County Sheriff's Department, MO EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1944 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Gargan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William Calvin Dotson Mercer County Sheriff's Department, WV EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas E. Webb Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Friday, August 17, 1956 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert H. Fossum Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1957 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Ermon Boyce Cox Arkansas State Police, AR EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Reserve Deputy Sheriff Robert Riley Lane County Sheriff's Department, OR EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1958 Cause of Death: Automobile accident            Reserve Officer Andrew F. (Pete) Sharp Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1963 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Sergeant Cornelius P. McGowan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1969 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Larry D. Minard Sr. Omaha Police Department, NE EOW: Monday, August 17, 1970 Cause of Death: Bomb Officer Levy McQuietor Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1972 Cause of Death: Fire Patrolman Jerry Tommie Wells Panama City Police Department, FL EOW: Friday, August 17, 1973 Cause of Death: Struck by train             Police Officer Dennis Lee O'Bradovich Milwaukee Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Raymond D. Hicks Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Patrolman Earl Charles (Chuck) Ashton Osburn Police Department, ID EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George W. Redding California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1977 Cause of Death: Accidental Lieutenant Owen A. Landdeck Farmington Police Department, NM EOW: Friday, August 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Thomas Schimenti Jr. New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, August 17, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Albert Patch California Department of Correc..., CA EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1980 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff Earl S. Dyess Sr. Hendry County Sheriff's Department, FL EOW: Sunday, August 17, 1980 Cause of Death: Stabbed Auxiliary Sergeant Denis P. Foley Will County Sheriff's Office, IL EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Clinton Wayne Crawford Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Monday, August 17, 1987 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Dayne Janey Putnam County Sheriff's Department, WV EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Patrick Elton Roberts Jr. Brazoria County Sheriff's Depar..., TX EOW: Friday, August 17, 1990 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Officer Jimmie Lamar Haynes Chicago Housing Authority Polic..., IL EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Teresa Jean Hawkins Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1993 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Captain Thomas M. Beahm Wisconsin Department of Correct..., WI EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Corporal Michael Rush Carrithers Louisville Housing Authority Po..., KY EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Border Patrol Agent Lawrence B. Pierce United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1995 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff I Ralph Edward Zylka Milwaukee County Sheriff's Depa..., WI EOW: Thursday, August 17, 2000 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Deputy Sheriff Sung Hui Bang Milwaukee County Sheriff's Depa..., WI EOW: Thursday, August 17, 2000 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Police Officer Kevin William Schultz Pojoaque Pueblo Tribal Police D..., TR EOW: Saturday, August 17, 2002 Cause of Death: Drowned Deputy Sheriff Andrew John Mazur Greenville County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Sunday, August 17, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Eric Peter Loiselle Essex County Sheriff's Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Corporal John A. (Jay) Sampietro Jr. Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO EOW: Wednesday, August 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: 56
Accidental: 1
Aircraft accident: 2
Automobile accident: 5
Bomb: 1
Drowned: 2
Duty related illness: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 30
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 3
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicular assault: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
Arkansas: 1
California: 3
Florida: 4
Georgia: 1
Idaho: 1
Illinois: 3
Indiana: 1
Kentucky: 2
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 2
Minnesota: 2
Missouri: 2
Nebraska: 2
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 1
New York: 4
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 2
Oregon: 2
Pennsylvania: 4
South Carolina: 1
Texas: 2
Tribal Police: 1
U.S. Government: 4
Virginia: 1
West Virginia: 2
Wisconsin: 4

 

 

 

Prayer for America 08/16/06

Almighty and merciful God, pour out your spirit on this nation that we may faithfully serve you and all your children. Keep us constant, give us compassion, help us to live with integrity. Guide and direct us so that each of us, no matter what we call you or how we understand you, may live steadfast to your call. In your great name we pray, amen.

Freedom without boundaries is not freedom at all, but rather chaos and confusion.

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Patrolman James W. Jones Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Joseph Rosenberg Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888 Cause of Death: Stabbed Officer Frederick J. Palmore Springfield Police Department, MO EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff James Thomas (Tom) Garvey Fort Bend County Sheriff's Depa..., TX EOW: Friday, August 16, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward G. Shea Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1910 Cause of Death: Struck by train Marshal George M. Butcher Missouri Valley Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Rowe Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, August 16, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Peter Howard Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, August 16, 1915 Cause of Death: Stabbed Sheriff Walter Davis Lyon County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Postal Inspector Elbert Perry Lamberth United States Postal Inspection..., US EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Deputy Constable Frederick James Smartt Fresno County Constable's Offic..., CA EOW: Friday, August 16, 1918 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Joseph Daly Aberdeen Police Department, SD EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1919 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Police Officer William Washington Moore Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Ben A. Harris Port Arthur Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Sam Doss Randolph Township Police Depart..., MO EOW: Monday, August 16, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Frank Hill Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, KS EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman August Richard Michalke Elmira Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1928 Cause of Death: Fall Patrolman Thomas W. England Hillside Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Special Agent Nelson B. Klein United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, August 16, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Ruben Wallen St. Charles Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, August 16, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Paul Kritzeck Wright County Sheriff's Office, MN EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Jesse E. Mills Greenville Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Sternberg Nassau County Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, August 16, 1954 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Robert E. Lee New Mexico State Police, NM EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1960 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Francis Bradley Westchester County Parkway Poli..., NY EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1960 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Charles E. Gray Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Roy Cecil (Bull) Massey Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident              Corrections Officer Raymond A. Wietstock North Dakota State Industrial S..., ND EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1966 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman James Alfano Jr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, August 16, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Charles Edward Bradford Muscle Shoals Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1972 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Howard Louis Johnson Roseville Police Department, MN EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1972 Cause of Death: Gunfire               Deputy Sheriff Steven Douglas Lindblom Madera County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Norman Allard New Britain Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)              Deputy City Marshal Charles H. Baker Houston City Marshal's Office, TX EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire             Policeman Secundino Morales-Maldonado Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman David Wayne Clark Shawnee Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Captain John Louis Francisco Sr. Richmond County Sheriff's Office, GA EOW: Monday, August 16, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Pilot Lansing Lloyd Warren Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Reserve Deputy Sheriff Ray Mallory Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1983 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident              Patrolman Thomas Joseph Dietzman Jr. Aurora Police Department, CO EOW: Friday, August 16, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Policeman Eladio Aponte-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, August 16, 1985 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Ray Delton Bockman Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Sergeant Marvin Ray Kline Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Pilot Douglas Robert Moonen Kern County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1986 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident             Reserve Deputy Sheriff John Wesley Wright Hawkins County Sheriff's Depart..., TN EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph Galapo New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Trooper Jacqueline Vernon Virginia State Police, VA EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1988 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrol Officer Robert Louis John Galveston Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1990 Cause of Death: Struck by train Sergeant Dennis N. Glivar Garfield Heights Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Herbert Berkeley Stovall Jr. Peralta Community College Distr..., CA EOW: Wednesday, August 16, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Shayne Daniel York Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Saturday, August 16, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Issac (Ike) Veal Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Monday, August 16, 2004 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: 52
Aircraft accident: 5
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 23
Gunfire (Accidental): 4
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 3
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
California: 9
Colorado: 1
Connecticut: 1
Georgia: 4
Hawaii: 1
Illinois: 3
Iowa: 1
Kansas: 2
Kentucky: 2
Minnesota: 2
Missouri: 2
New Jersey: 1
New Mexico: 1
New York: 4
North Carolina: 1
North Dakota: 1
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 1
Puerto Rico: 2
South Dakota: 1
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 5
U.S. Government: 2
Virginia: 2

 

 

 

Prayer for America 08/15/06

Lord, we know change is inevitable. Teach our country to accept it. If we view each transition as an opportunity to experience your faithfulness, then we make new places in our lives for spiritual growth. Thank you.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. The Lord of hosts is with us.

Psalm 46:1-3, 7

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Sheriff Joseph McKinney Sacramento County Sheriff's Dep..., CA EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1850 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Thomas Nolan Nueces County Sheriff's Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, August 15, 1860 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Walker New York Metropolitan Police Force, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 15, 1865 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John J. Condon Hoboken Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, August 15, 1902 Cause of Death: Unidentified Patrol Officer Clarence Shockley Niles Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George B. Grover Trenton Police Department, NJ EOW: Wednesday, August 15, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Palmer Morrison Watts Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Dep..., AL EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles Lucy Beacon Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, August 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman George E. Heno New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, August 15, 1922 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Walter C. Hollums Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, August 15, 1923 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Frank Milanoski St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Friday, August 15, 1924 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman T. G. Anderson Winston-Salem Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, August 15, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer Edward Baerwald Wausau Police Department, WI EOW: Wednesday, August 15, 1928 Cause of Death: Accidental Patrolman Michael T. Connolly Portland Police Department, ME EOW: Friday, August 15, 1930 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Oza Bentle Moore Lewis County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Saturday, August 15, 1931 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Edward J. Gahan Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, August 15, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Joseph E. English Wasco Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, August 15, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Daniel T. O'Connell New Haven Police Department, CT EOW: Monday, August 15, 1938 Cause of Death: Unidentified Officer Harry A. Bolin Indianapolis Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1940 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Patrolman Chester Leo Shack Clarksburg Police Department, WV EOW: Monday, August 15, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Donald W. Redfern Albuquerque Police Department, NM EOW: Wednesday, August 15, 1951 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Sergeant Major George W. Harrelson Georgia State Patrol, GA EOW: Friday, August 15, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective William J. Murphy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 15, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Edward Flynn Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, August 15, 1956 Cause of Death: Heart attack Constable Richard LaVerne Teske Clayton Village Police Department, MI EOW: Saturday, August 15, 1964 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Richard R. LeFebvre Long Beach Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, August 15, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Jerry Edwin Trimmer Henrico County Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, August 15, 1966 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Ricktor A. Gutowsky Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1968 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Trooper Richard V. Woods South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Friday, August 15, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Milton I. Spell Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Control Officer Joseph A. Modlin Washington State Patrol, WA EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Helicopter Pilot Gary Anthony Nelson Anaheim Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, August 15, 1975 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Captain Donald Eugene Owens Bloomington Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, August 15, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Leo M. Koscelnick Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Monday, August 15, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Eloy Flores Gonzales San Antonio Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, August 15, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector James Olen Randolph Jr. Inyo County Sheriff's Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 15, 1979 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Jack William Osborne Seymour Police Department, IN EOW: Saturday, August 15, 1981 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault              Corporal George Washington Gross Jr. Port Isabel Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, August 15, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Marc A. Perse Colorado Department of Corrections, CO EOW: Monday, August 15, 1994 Cause of Death: Training accident Sergeant James Kenneth Kinard Snohomish County Sheriff's Depa..., WA EOW: Monday, August 15, 1994 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert K. Martin Arizona Department of Public Sa..., AZ EOW: Tuesday, August 15, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective John Cousin Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Eryk Todd Heck Allen County Sheriff's Department, IN EOW: Friday, August 15, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard Eugene Perkins Bishop Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Chief of Police Verlon LeMaster Jr. Grant Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, August 15, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant LeRoy Henry Nennig Jr. Sheboygan County Sheriff's Depa..., WI EOW: Sunday, August 15, 2004 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 46
Accidental: 1
Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 4
Gunfire: 19
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 4
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Training accident: 1
Unidentified: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 3

 

By State:
Alabama: 3
Arizona: 1
California: 6
Colorado: 1
Connecticut: 1
Georgia: 1
Illinois: 1
Indiana: 4
Kentucky: 1
Louisiana: 1
Maine: 1
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 3
Minnesota: 1
New Jersey: 2
New Mexico: 1
New York: 2
North Carolina: 1
Pennsylvania: 4
South Carolina: 1
Texas: 3
Virginia: 1
Washington: 2
West Virginia: 1
Wisconsin: 2

 

 

 

Prayer for America 08/14/06

Dear God, thank you for the land you have entrusted to us, for the glory of flowers, wild creatures, and trees. Help us conserve our bountiful resources of rich soil and clean water. Help us remember to protect the birds that ask nothing of us but that we let them sing. You give us the beauty and solace of nature. Let us understand that to cover our country with concrete is to blind ourselves to beauty and deafen ourselves to the earth's soothing music. Amen.

Between her two shining seas, America is an ocean of people who shine brighter than all the seas and stars combined.

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Warden William Willard Connecticut Department of Corre..., CT EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1870 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman George H. Allen Galesburg Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal W. R. (Dick) Shaver Boley Police Department, OK EOW: Monday, August 14, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Carroll New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Friday, August 14, 1908 Cause of Death: Stabbed Detective Frank Fraser St. Paul Police Department, MN EOW: Monday, August 14, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff A. W. (Bud) Felker McCurtain County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Monday, August 14, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Emil Engstrom Minneapolis Police Department, MN EOW: Tuesday, August 14, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Gibson Anderson Police Department, SC EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1924 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Frederick Thomas New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Royce C. Cline Saline County Sheriff's Department, IL EOW: Friday, August 14, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Edward Q. Butters Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman William F. Newcomb Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1929 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Henry R. Johnson Cranston Police Department, RI EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Merle R. Colver Wichita Police Department, KS EOW: Friday, August 14, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer A. E. Hinck California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Officer George W. Shinault Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph P. Hastings Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 14, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Davis L. Steward Hope Police Department, ND EOW: Monday, August 14, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Marshal Albert L. Lemley Rosalia Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Lavon B. New Turlock Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer William J. Kroeschel Elizabeth Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, August 14, 1936 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Private John J. Broski Pennsylvania Motor Police, PA EOW: Saturday, August 14, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Francis J. Murray Stockton Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1938 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Raymond E. Grant Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Monday, August 14, 1939 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident            Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert K. Hooker Clinton County Sheriff's Depart..., IL EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1940 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Coleman McAteer Lancaster County Magistrate's O..., SC EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert Terry Mackie Los Banos Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John H. Tennyson Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1949 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Talbot D. Barrow Norfolk County Police Department, VA EOW: Friday, August 14, 1953 Cause of Death: Electrocuted Deputy Howard Scott Geauga County Sheriff's Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, August 14, 1956 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Barry R. Rosekind San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1958 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Edward C. Graziano Nashua Police Department, NH EOW: Friday, August 14, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Kenneth Weston Grindell Harwich Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, August 14, 1965 Cause of Death: Heart attack Detective Marlyn W. Bateson Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1966 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective William L. Bell Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1966 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Policeman Efrain Alejandro-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1966 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Clarence E. Hamler Chattanooga Police Department, TN EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Ralph Sorli Suffolk County Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1977 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police George J. Morris Brunswick Police Department, MD EOW: Tuesday, August 14, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Henry Johnny Booth Mobile Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, August 14, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Major Horace Hall Jr. Bell County Sheriff's Department, KY EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1980 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Harry R. Ryman New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Angel Reyes-Zayas Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, August 14, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Raymond E. Miller California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1985 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer William J. Luce Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 14, 1989 Cause of Death: Duty related illness              Senior Corporal Billy Walter Daugherty Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Friday, August 14, 1992 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sergeant Charles Lanny Bridges Covington Police Department, TN EOW: Thursday, August 14, 1997 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Carlos Concepción-Quiñones Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, August 14, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire

 

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

 

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 48
Automobile accident: 6
Duty related illness: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Gunfire: 24
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 6
Stabbed: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 6

 

By State:
Alabama: 1
California: 6
Connecticut: 1
District of Columbia: 2
Illinois: 5
Kansas: 1
Kentucky: 3
Louisiana: 1
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 2
Michigan: 2
Minnesota: 2
New Hampshire: 1
New Jersey: 1
New York: 3
North Dakota: 1
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 2
Pennsylvania: 1
Puerto Rico: 3
Rhode Island: 1
South Carolina: 2
Tennessee: 2
Texas: 1
Virginia: 1
Washington: 1

 

 

 

Prayer for America 08/13/06

In these lazy days of summer may we refresh our spirits. Let this be a season of connecting with friends, spending time outdoors, taking time to appreciate the beauty of nature in all its fullness. And as we relax into a summer routine, inspire us to do at least one random act of kindness each day, that the world might know your love through us. Amen.

America's greatest strength is her people, both as individuals and as members of a community.

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Lest we forget...  

 

Patrolman Daniel Crowley Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Saturday, August 13, 1881 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer William E. Griffiths Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, August 13, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Thomas C. Clifford Denver Police Department, CO EOW: Sunday, August 13, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert J. Thorpe New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, August 13, 1900 Cause of Death: Stabbed              Railroad Detective Charles L. Stewart Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R..., RR EOW: Thursday, August 13, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Branson Mayes County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Sunday, August 13, 1911 Cause of Death: Animal related Sergeant Martin J. Corcoran Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, August 13, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Eugene J. (Chic) Lucas Conshohocken Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, August 13, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff William H. Engel Vanderburgh County Sheriff's De..., IN EOW: Wednesday, August 13, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Andrew B. Cuneo Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, August 13, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John D. Bell Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, August 13, 1921 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff Richard Ellis Scott County Sheriff's Department, TN EOW: Thursday, August 13, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Edwin B. Conoley Pinal County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Saturday, August 13, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Claude James Bowen Shawnee Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, August 13, 1935 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Patrolman S. C. (Preacher) McKenzie Gastonia Police Department, NC EOW: Wednesday, August 13, 1941 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective Dewey L. Littleton Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, August 13, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Leroy Dunn Bridgeport Police Department, CT EOW: Sunday, August 13, 1950 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Patrolman Austin Eugene Vanover Sr. Henderson Police Department, KY EOW: Wednesday, August 13, 1958 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Roy Edward James Moultrie Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, August 13, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joseph M. O'Connor Spokane County Sheriff's Depart..., WA EOW: Sunday, August 13, 1961 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Patrolman Gilbert D. Benitez New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, August 13, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Ronald E. Ludlow Los Angeles County Sheriff's De..., CA EOW: Friday, August 13, 1965 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Earl Dean Compton Iva Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, August 13, 1967 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman James Emory Rodine Des Moines Police Department, IA EOW: Tuesday, August 13, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Wildlife Officer Leon Walker Florida Game and Fresh Water Fi..., FL EOW: Thursday, August 13, 1970 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Rodney Norberg Hennepin County Sheriff's Depar..., MN EOW: Friday, August 13, 1971 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Detective Carl W. Setser Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Sunday, August 13, 1972 Cause of Death: Heart attack Detective Thomas Atkins Dawson New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Monday, August 13, 1973 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Earl Lucien Alfred Slidell Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, August 13, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John William Snow Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, August 13, 1976 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Walter Michael Northey Arvada Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, August 13, 1979 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman John E. Johnson Holliston Police Department, MA EOW: Thursday, August 13, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Michael Doyle United States General Services ..., US EOW: Friday, August 13, 1982 Cause of Death: Training accident Patrol Officer Steven Mitchell University of Chicago Police De..., IL EOW: Saturday, August 13, 1983 Cause of Death: Stabbed             Deputy Sheriff Charles Lee (Matt) Dillon Comanche County Sheriff's Office, OK EOW: Thursday, August 13, 1987 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Chief of Police Richard Leon Duncan Decatur Police Department, AR EOW: Thursday, August 13, 1998 Cause of Death: Automobile accident             Deputy Sheriff Marcus Lyman Whitfield Greenville County Sheriff's Office, SC EOW: Friday, August 13, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Senior Deputy Michael Benjamin Meyer Yuma County Sheriff's Department, AZ EOW: Monday, August 13, 2001 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Timothy Lee Webster Crystal Springs Police Department, MS EOW: Saturday, August 13, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Roy Lundell Nelson Jr. New Smyrna Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, August 13, 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: 43
Aircraft accident: 2
Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 7
Gunfire: 21
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 1
Training accident: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

 

By State:
Arizona: 2
Arkansas: 1
California: 2
Colorado: 3
Connecticut: 1
Florida: 2
Georgia: 1
Illinois: 4
Indiana: 1
Iowa: 1
Kentucky: 1
Louisiana: 2
Massachusetts: 2
Minnesota: 1
Mississippi: 1
New Jersey: 2
New York: 2
North Carolina: 1
Ohio: 1
Oklahoma: 3
Pennsylvania: 1
Railroad Police: 1
South Carolina: 2
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 1
U.S. Government: 2
Washington: 1