The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - August 14th

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Lest we forget...  

 

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