Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Saline CountyCounty: SalineDeath Date: 9/17/1952Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Beating; causing Heart AttackDuring a court hearing for a murder case, the defendant became unruly and combative. As the sheriff...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Wyandotte CountyCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 8/29/1954Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotSheriff Boelens and Undersheriff Dale McBride were returning to Oswego after answering a routine call to Edna when...
Type of Officer: Kansas Highway PatrolJurisdiction: HaysCounty: EllisDeath Date: 12/16/1944Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentTrooper Plummer, the first Kansas Highway Patrol officer to die in the line of duty, was fatally injured in an...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Kansas CityCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 8/2/1943Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Nugent was on his way home when a young woman stopped him to report that a man had tried to force her into an...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: SalinaCounty: SalineDeath Date: 5/31/1942Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Struck by AutomobileOn May 24, 1942, while on night duty, Officer Eaton was crossing a street after conferring with fellow officers....
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: McPhersonCounty: McPhersonDeath Date: 2/12/1937Added to Memorial: 2000Circumstances of Death: Heart AttackOfficer Martin H. Grant responded to a report of a disturbance at a cafe on North Main Street in McPherson late on...
