ODMP: THIS DAY IN HISTORY DECEMBER 26 Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Night Policeman William Baker Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, December 26, 1851 Cause of Death: Fire Columbus Police Department, Georgia Chief of Police Matthew W. Murphy Columbus Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, December 26, 1874 Cause of Death: Gunfire Karnes County Sheriffs Department, Texas Sheriff Edgar Leary Karnes County Sheriffs Department, TX EOW: Friday, December 26, 1884 Cause of Death: Gunfire LaSalle County Sheriffs Office, Texas Sheriff Charles Brown McKinney LaSalle County Sheriffs Office, TX EOW: Sunday, December 26, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable George W. Bopp Christy Township Constables Office, IL EOW: Thursday, December 26, 1889 Cause of Death: Gunfire Oklahoma County Sheriffs Office, Oklahoma Posseman Peter Anderson Oklahoma County Sheriffs Office, OK EOW: Friday, December 26, 1890 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sharpsburg Marshals Office, Kentucky City Marshal Taylor Vice Sharpsburg Marshals Office, KY EOW: Saturday, December 26, 1891 Cause of Death: Stabbed Shasta County Constables Office, California Constable James D. Campbell Shasta County Constables Office, CA EOW: Thursday, December 26, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Government Deputy Marshal John McHenry United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US EOW: Thursday, December 26, 1895 Cause of Death: Gunfire Siskiyou County Sheriffs Department, California Constable E. E. Dixon Siskiyou County Sheriffs Department, CA EOW: Monday, December 26, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Citrus County Sheriffs Office, Florida Deputy Sheriff James McIntosh McMullen Citrus County Sheriffs Office, FL EOW: Tuesday, December 26, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Pittsburg Police Department, Kansas Policeman Milton Hinkle Pittsburg Police Department, KS EOW: Friday, December 26, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Wheeling Police Department, West Virginia Patrolman Salavia C. Lafe Bowen Wheeling Police Department, WV EOW: Friday, December 26, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Newburyport Police Department, Massachusetts Captain Patrick Creeden Newburyport Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, December 26, 1905 Cause of Death: Fall Lamar Police Department, Colorado Marshal J. Horace Frisbie Lamar Police Department, CO EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Fort Worth Police Department, Texas Officer R. P. Bob Hollowell Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 26, 1914 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Muskogee Police Department, Oklahoma Police Officer Samuel Henry Sam Neal Muskogee Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, December 26, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Providence Police Department, Rhode Island Mounted Patrolman James P. Cavanaugh Providence Police Department, RI EOW: Tuesday, December 26, 1916 Cause of Death: Animal related Sulphur Police Department, Louisiana Marshal Elease J. Picard Sulphur Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, December 26, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sour Lake Police Department, Texas Night Officer Ben Foret Ray Sour Lake Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, December 26, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Texas Rangers, Texas Private Joseph Benjamin Joe Buchanan Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Monday, December 26, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Pascola Police Department, Missouri Constable Dolph Walker Pascola Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, December 26, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Rowland Police Department, North Carolina Chief of Police Marion Boyd Rogers Rowland Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, December 26, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Dallas Police Department, Texas Officer Alex W. Tedford Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Monday, December 26, 1927 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Marion County Sheriffs Department, Tennessee Deputy Sheriff James Conner Marion County Sheriffs Department, TN EOW: Monday, December 26, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Winston-Salem Police Department, North Carolina Sergeant L. G. Teague Winston-Salem Police Department, NC EOW: Monday, December 26, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lee County Sheriffs Office, Virginia Deputy Sheriff Fred Arnold, Sr. Lee County Sheriffs Office, VA EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire California Highway Patrol, California Officer Fred J. Kowolowski California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Monday, December 26, 1938 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Chattanooga Police Department, Tennessee Detective Clyde J. Shipley Chattanooga Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, December 26, 1939 Cause of Death: Gunfire Wilmington Police Department, Delaware Detective Thomas P. Conaty, Jr. Wilmington Police Department, DE EOW: Thursday, December 26, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Clark County Sheriffs Office, Nevada Deputy Sheriff Winnie Austin Hansen Clark County Sheriffs Office, NV EOW: Tuesday, December 26, 1950 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Gates Mills Police Department, Ohio Lieutenant Earl David Thomas Gates Mills Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1951 Cause of Death: Heart attack Glenn County Sheriffs Office, California Sheriff Hal Addison Singleton Glenn County Sheriffs Office, CA EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Mayfield Heights Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Nicholas R. Catalano Mayfield Heights Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1956 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Los Angeles Police Department, California Policeman Robert John Sweet Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, December 26, 1959 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Junction City Police Department, Oregon Chief of Police Woodrow Wilson Whetstone Junction City Police Department, OR EOW: Monday, December 26, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sioux City Police Department, Iowa Captain Joseph P. Davidchik Sioux City Police Department, IA EOW: Thursday, December 26, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Anchorage Police Department, Alaska Patrol Officer William G. Pfalmer, Jr. Anchorage Police Department, AK EOW: Saturday, December 26, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Floyd County Police Department, Georgia Patrol Officer Rudy Carnel Selman Floyd County Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, December 26, 1974 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Morgan County Sheriffs Department, Indiana Reserve Deputy Thomas B. Dunigan Morgan County Sheriffs Department, IN EOW: Friday, December 26, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chicago Police Department, Illinois Police Officer Thomas Raymond Gesiorski Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, December 26, 1977 Cause of Death: Heart attack Guam Police Department, Guam Reserve Officer Helen Kuulei Lizama Guam Police Department, GU EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Guam Police Department, Guam Reserve Officer Rudy Caingat Iglesias Guam Police Department, GU EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Springfield Police Department, Illinois Patrolman David R. Tapscott Springfield Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1979 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Des Plaines Police Department, Illinois Officer James E. Jobe Des Plaines Police Department, IL EOW: Friday, December 26, 1980 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, Texas Trooper Hollis Stephen Lacy Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX EOW: Friday, December 26, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Miami Beach Police Department, Florida Officer John Koppin Miami Beach Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1984 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Adams County Sheriffs Office, Colorado Sergeant Dale R. McLaughlin Adams County Sheriffs Office, CO EOW: Monday, December 26, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Mississippi Lake Manager Hilton H. Ike Shoemake Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, MS EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 1990 Cause of Death: Gunfire Prentiss Police Department, Mississippi Police Officer Ron Jones, Jr. Prentiss Police Department, MS EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire Bexar County Sheriffs Office, Texas Deputy Sheriff Jesus A. Garza, Jr. Bexar County Sheriffs Office, TX EOW: Friday, December 26, 2003 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Trooper Nikky Joe Green Oklahoma Highway Patrol, OK EOW: Friday, December 26, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Mansfield Police Department, Ohio Police Officer Brian Evans Mansfield Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Cause of Death: Gunfire Woburn Police Department, Massachusetts Police Officer John B. Maguire Woburn Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, December 26, 2010 Cause of Death: Gunfire Seminole County Sheriffs Office, Florida Deputy Sheriff Matthew Jay Miller Seminole County Sheriffs Office, FL EOW: Monday, December 26, 2011 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Total Line of Duty Deaths: 55 Animal related: 1 Automobile accident: 6 Duty related illness: 1 Fall: 1 Fire: 1 Gunfire: 34 Gunfire (Accidental): 2 Heart attack: 2 Motorcycle accident: 4 Stabbed: 1 Struck by vehicle: 1 Vehicle pursuit: 1 By State Alaska: 1 California: 5 Colorado: 2 Delaware: 1 Florida: 3 Georgia: 2 Guam: 2 Illinois: 4 Indiana: 1 Iowa: 1 Kansas: 1 Kentucky: 1 Louisiana: 1 Massachusetts: 2 Mississippi: 2 Missouri: 1 Nevada: 1 North Carolina: 2 Ohio: 3 Oklahoma: 3 Oregon: 1 Pennsylvania: 1 Rhode Island: 1 Tennessee: 2 Texas: 8 U.S. Government: 1 Virginia: 1 West Virginia: 1
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