THIS DAY IN HISTROY 12/22 Sheriff Matthew Nolan Nueces County Sheriffs Office, TX EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1864 Cause of Death: Gunfire Malden Police Department, Massachusetts Police Officer David S. Faulkner Malden Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1868 Cause of Death: Gunfire Bent County Sheriffs Office, Colorado Constable Charles Faber Bent County Sheriffs Office, CO EOW: Friday, December 22, 1876 Cause of Death: Gunfire Charleston Police Department, South Carolina Policeman John Harlow Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Cook County Sheriffs Office - Department of Court Services, Illinois Deputy Sheriff Frank E. Nye Cook County Sheriffs Office - Department of Court Services, IL EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Slaughtersville Marshals Office, Kentucky Deputy Marshal Ren Ashby Slaughtersville Marshals Office, KY EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1898 Cause of Death: Gunfire Mendocino County Sheriffs Office, California Sheriff J. Henry Smith Mendocino County Sheriffs Office, CA EOW: Friday, December 22, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Fort Worth Police Department, Texas Special Officer John D. Nichols, Jr. Fort Worth Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Knox County Sheriffs Office, Kentucky Deputized Civilian John Brooks Knox County Sheriffs Office, KY EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania Policeman Morris Gelles Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1910 Cause of Death: Fire Mobile and Ohio Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police Special Agent Alexander McGill Mobile and Ohio Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corona Police Department, California City Marshal Grant C. Alexander Corona Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, December 22, 1913 Cause of Death: Gunfire Anniston Police Department, Alabama Police Officer Jack Holland Anniston Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Kanawha County Constables Office - Eskdale District, West Virginia Constable Silas Frank Nance Kanawha County Constables Office - Eskdale District, WV EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire San Fernando Police Department, California Marshal William Smith San Fernando Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Toledo Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Charles McGuire Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1921 Cause of Death: Gunfire Hamilton County Sheriffs Department, Tennessee Deputy Sheriff William B. Gober Hamilton County Sheriffs Department, TN EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lorain Police Department, Ohio Patrolman Fred J. Webber Lorain Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chicago and Alton Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police Special Agent Bert Zumwalt Chicago and Alton Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire New York City Police Department, New York Lieutenant Charles Kemmer New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Los Angeles City Municipal Court, California Deputy City Marshal Perman Carlton Calderwood Los Angeles City Municipal Court, CA EOW: Monday, December 22, 1930 Cause of Death: Stabbed Madison County Sheriffs Department, Arkansas Sheriff John A. Phillips Madison County Sheriffs Department, AR EOW: Monday, December 22, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Jackson Police Department, Tennessee Motorcycle Officer John Turner Johnnie Johns Jackson Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1931 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Kentucky Highway Patrol, Kentucky Patrolman Robert Rowland Kentucky Highway Patrol, KY EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Shelby Police Department, Montana Chief of Police Ed TenBroeck Shelby Police Department, MT EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Toole County Sheriffs Department, Montana Undersheriff James Shelton Alsup Toole County Sheriffs Department, MT EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire New York City Police Department, New York Patrolman Joseph Kussius New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1940 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Glynn County Police Department, Georgia Police Officer James Corbett Coleman Glynn County Police Department, GA EOW: Monday, December 22, 1941 Cause of Death: Gunfire Menomonie Police Department, Wisconsin Patrol Officer Gordon Robert Panck Menomonie Police Department, WI EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1946 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Wayne County Sheriffs Department, Kentucky Sheriff Joseph Jones Gibson Wayne County Sheriffs Department, KY EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire DeKalb County Police Department, Georgia Officer Charles Willis Wright DeKalb County Police Department, GA EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1948 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Henrico County Police Department, Virginia Patrolman Welford Early Green Henrico County Police Department, VA EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire Blooming Prairie Police Department, Minnesota Chief of Police Neil R. Johnson Blooming Prairie Police Department, MN EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Oklahoma City Police Department, Oklahoma Officer Reece F. Galyon, Jr. Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1951 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Osceola County Sheriffs Department, Michigan Sheriff Fay E. Wooster Osceola County Sheriffs Department, MI EOW: Monday, December 22, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Osceola County Sheriffs Department, Michigan Undersheriff Sophia T. Wooster Osceola County Sheriffs Department, MI EOW: Monday, December 22, 1952 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Scott County Sheriffs Office, Virginia Deputy Sheriff Ira Milburn Skeen Scott County Sheriffs Office, VA EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1955 Cause of Death: Gunfire Nashua Police Department, New Hampshire Patrolman Michael Latvis Nashua Police Department, NH EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1956 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Arizona Department of Public Safety, Arizona Officer Louis O. Cochran Arizona Department of Public Safety, AZ EOW: Monday, December 22, 1958 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Blue Ridge Police Department, Georgia Patrolman Hobert Daniel Brown Blue Ridge Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1959 Cause of Death: Gunfire Ardmore Police Department, Oklahoma Patrolman Bobby Rudisill Ardmore Police Department, OK EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Champaign County Sheriffs Department, Illinois Deputy Sheriff Glen Bufford Bud Hewerdine Champaign County Sheriffs Department, IL EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1962 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Athens Police Department, Alabama Officer Billy Daly Athens Police Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1964 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Corporal Joseph Paul Bertrand Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Friday, December 22, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Walsenburg Police Department, Colorado Captain Vincent Swiskoski Walsenburg Police Department, CO EOW: Friday, December 22, 1967 Cause of Death: Gunfire Torrance Police Department, California Officer Gary Elton Rippstein Torrance Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Union Pacific Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police Special Agent Gerald A. Schuett Union Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1968 Cause of Death: Struck by train Beech Grove Police Department, Indiana Deputy Chief of Police Richard D. Ferguson Beech Grove Police Department, IN EOW: Friday, December 22, 1972 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Colorado Springs Police Department, Colorado Investigator Harry Lee Allen Colorado Springs Police Department, CO EOW: Monday, December 22, 1975 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service, U.S. Government Customs Patrolman George William Singleton United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service, US EOW: Monday, December 22, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) New York City Police Department, New York Police Officer William Flood New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1977 Cause of Death: Gunfire California Highway Patrol, California Officer William M. Freeman California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 22, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire California Highway Patrol, California Officer Roy P. Blecher California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, December 22, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico Policeman Victor L. Lopez-Rivera Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Stevenson Police Department, Alabama Sergeant Michael Ray Twitty Stevenson Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1979 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, New York Police Officer William J. Perry Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, NY EOW: Monday, December 22, 1980 Cause of Death: Gunfire United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service, U.S. Government Customs Agent Dennis L. Van Patten United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service, US EOW: Monday, December 22, 1980 Cause of Death: Unidentified Cle Elum Police Department, Washington Police Officer John W. Rolcik Cle Elum Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1982 Cause of Death: Fall Hallandale Police Department, Florida Officer William S. Hart Hallandale Police Department, FL EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Government Correctional Officer DAntonio Andrew Washington United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, US EOW: Thursday, December 22, 1994 Cause of Death: Assault Los Angeles Police Department, California Police Officer II Mario Navidad, Jr. Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, December 22, 1996 Cause of Death: Gunfire Holyoke Police Department, Massachusetts Police Officer John Anthony DiNapoli Holyoke Police Department, MA EOW: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 Cause of Death: Gunfire East Point Police Department, Georgia Officer Christopher Robert Betts East Point Police Department, GA EOW: Sunday, December 22, 2002 Cause of Death: Assault Bandon Police Department, Oregon Reserve Officer Russell Hayden Simpson Bandon Police Department, OR EOW: Monday, December 22, 2003 Cause of Death: Drowned Indiana State Police, Indiana Trooper Scott Alan Patrick Indiana State Police, IN EOW: Monday, December 22, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire ***************************************************** Total Line of Duty Deaths: 65 Assault: 2 Automobile accident: 4 Drowned: 1 Fall: 1 Fire: 1 Gunfire: 42 Gunfire (Accidental): 1 Motorcycle accident: 3 Stabbed: 1 Struck by train: 1 Struck by vehicle: 1 Unidentified: 1 Vehicle pursuit: 3 Vehicular assault: 3 By State Alabama: 3 Arizona: 1 Arkansas: 1 California: 8 Colorado: 3 Florida: 2 Georgia: 4 Illinois: 2 Indiana: 2 Kentucky: 4 Massachusetts: 2 Michigan: 2 Minnesota: 1 Montana: 2 New Hampshire: 1 New York: 4 Ohio: 2 Oklahoma: 2 Oregon: 1 Pennsylvania: 1 Puerto Rico: 1 Railroad Police: 3 South Carolina: 1 Tennessee: 2 Texas: 2 U.S. Government: 3 Virginia: 2 Washington: 1 West Virginia: 1 Wisconsin: 1
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