Type of Officer: Kansas Highway PatrolJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 10/2/1973Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotTrooper Thornton stopped to investigate a hitchhiker on I-70 east of Topeka, unaware that the man was wanted in New York...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: HutchinsonCounty: RenoDeath Date: 9/15/1972Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Kennedy was making an undercover purchase of alcoholic beverages at a location suspected to be bootlegging and...
Type of Officer: Sheriff DetectiveJurisdiction: Johnson CountyCounty: JohnsonDeath Date: 4/3/1971Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentWith Olathe police officer Herbert Hogue, Detective Foote was on a routine investigation in his unmarked...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Kansas CityCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 12/28/1969Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Lutcher and his partner, Howard Berry, were on patrol when they observed another officer, Robert Mackey,...
Type of Officer: Kansas Highway PatrolJurisdiction: Overland ParkCounty: JohnsonDeath Date: 1/19/1968Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotSergeant Miller, of the Kansas Highway Patrol, responded to a bank robbery call in Overland Park at the Metcalf...
Type of Officer: Kansas Highway PatrolJurisdiction: El DoradoCounty: ButlerDeath Date: 5/28/1967Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentTrooper Hill was killed west of El Dorado in a head-on collision with a car that was proceeding in the...
