6 people like this topic Save Edit About List of American police officers killed in the line of duty Interest Memorial, Alameda County, California Memorial, Los Angeles Police Department Memorial, Akron, Ohio Memorial, Florida Houston Police Department memorial Indiana State Police memorial Lakewood police memorial Memorial, Sacramento, California This is a list of American police officers killed in the line of duty. The list includes only individuals whose deaths received either significant local, national, or international attention, and is not an inclusive list of all such officers killed. Summaries of the overall casualty figures, by year, are also provided. Overview by year[edit] 2010[edit] 2010 was one of the deadliest years on record for US law enforcement in nearly two decades. 2011[edit] The FBI reported that in 2011, 72 law enforcement officers from around the nation were killed in the line of duty, while another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties. NBC News reported 165 dead. 2012[edit] For 2012, the Officer Down Memorial Page records 120 deaths in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 127 federal, state and local officers to have been killed in 2012. List of officers killed[edit] • Walter H. Auble, Los Angeles police chief, September 9, 1908 •Nick Armstrong • Rodney Badger, Utah, 29 April 1853 • Harry C. Beasley, Ohio, July 2, 1931 • Fred Beell, Wisconsin, August 5, 1933 • Guy Bradley, Florida, July 8, 1905 • Timothy Brenton, Seattle, Washington, October 31, 2009 • Michael Briggs, Manchester, New Hampshire, October 16, 2006 • Derwin Brown, Georgia, December 15, 2000, assassinated by his defeated rival for position of sheriff • Waverly Brown, Nyack, New York, October 20, 1981 • Edward Byrne, New York City Police Department (NYPD), February 26, 1988 • Jacob Chestnut, United States Capitol Police, July 24, 1998 • Gail Cobb, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, September 20, 1974, the first female American police officer to be killed in the line of duty • Samuel P. Cowley, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, Barrington, Illinois, November 27, 1934 • Kyle Dinkheller, Georgia, January 12, 1998 • Morgan Earp, March 18, 1882, shot subsequent to his wounding at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral • Daniel Faulkner, Philadelphia Police Department, December 9, 1981 • Steven F. Gaughan, Maryland, June 21, 2005 • John Gibson, United States Capitol Police, July 24, 1998 • Herman Hollis, FBI agent, Barrington, Illinois, November 27, 1934 • Robert H. Holmes, August 6, 1917, the first African-American NYPD officer to be killed in the line of duty • Darrell Lunsford, Texas, January 23, 1991 •J. Ryan McCandless • Arleigh McCree, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), February 8, 1986 • Coley McDonough, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 5, 1965 •Joshua D. Miller • Harry Minto, Oregon prison superintendent, September 27, 1915 • Wyatt Luther Nugent, Louisiana sheriff, April 21, 1936 • Edward OGrady II, NYPD, October 20, 1981 • Oran Pape, Iowa State Patrol, April 30, 1936 • Dominick Pezzulo, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, September 11, 2001 attacks • Rodney Pocceschi, Virginia, June 23, 2003 • Darius Quimby, New York, January 3, 1791, the first US officer to be killed in the line of duty • George Seman, Michigan, June 13, 1966 • William Harvey Thompson, Washington Prohibition agent, ca 1920-1933 • Russel Timoshenko, NYPD, July 14, 2007 • J. D. Tippit, Dallas, November 22, 1963 (the assassination of President John F. Kennedy) • Henry Walburger, NYPD, July 27, 1964 • Fred White, Arizona Territory, October 30, 1880 • Ronald A. Williams II, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4, 1995 • Sydney Zaffuto, Lt. - Sheriffs Office, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 2004 •Calvin Wayne Jenks, Tennessee Highway Patrol, January 6, 2007 • Alexander E. Thalmann, New Bern Police Department, March 31, 2014 (nephew of Capt. Edward D. Thalmann, USN) See also[edit] •Lakewood, Washington police officer shooting •List of Honolulu Police Department officers killed in the line of duty •List of Los Angeles Police Department officers killed in the line of duty •List of Philadelphia Police Department officers killed in the line of duty •List of Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department officers killed in the line of duty •2009 Pittsburgh police shootings •2009 shootings of Oakland police officers •2010 West Memphis police shootings •Newhall massacre •List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States •List of Irish police officers killed in the line of duty •List of Australian Federal Police killed in the line of duty •List of New Zealand police officers killed in the line of duty References[edit] 1. ^ Attorney General Launches Law Enforcement Officer Safety Initiative - DOJ, March 22, 2011 2. ^ FBI - Report on Law Enforcement Officer Deaths in 2011 (released 11/19/12) 3. ^ Police deaths down 23 percent this year across US 4. ^ Law Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths in 2012. Odmp.org. Retrieved 2013-11-30. 5. ^ DCI report: Man who killed police officers spoke of suicide by cop. Rapidcityjournal. 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2013-11-30. 6. ^ Trooper Joshua Miller Memorial Page. Trooperjoshuamiller.org. Retrieved 2013-11-30. 7. ^ [1] 8. ^ odmp.org/officer/18654-trooper-calvin-wayne-jenks 9. ^ nleomf.org/facts/recently-fallen/recently-fallen-2014/police-officer-alexander-thalmann.html From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Edit on Wikipedia Wikipedia Content from the Wikipedia article List of American police officers killed in the line of duty (contributors) licensed under CC-BY-SA . Freebase Content from Freebase licensed under CC-BY . This Page is automatically generated based on what Facebook users are interested in,
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